The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 128

MISTAKE 128

Chapter 128: The agency makes its move

For the next hour, Rico and Mia worked in tandem, trying every trick in their considerable arsenal to bypass the box's security. The tension in the vault was thick; every failed attempt pushed up the stress.

"Guys," Leo's voice came through their earpieces, "we've got movement. A car just pulled into the parking lot."

"Shit," Jack hissed. "How many?"

"Just one person. Looks like a cleaner."

Jack ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, we've still got time. Rico, Mia, where are we at?"

Mia looked up, frustration evident on her face. "We've bypassed the biometrics, but this voice recognition is killing us. It's like nothing I've ever seen before." "Wait a second," Rico said, his eyes lighting up." "What if we don't need to bypass it? What if

we could trick it instead?"

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

Rico grinned. "Mia, pull up that voice modulation program you used on the Stephenson job. If we can get a sample of the right voice, we might be able to synthesize it."

Mia's eyes widened. "That... that might actually work. But we'd need to know whose voice it's looking for."

Jack thought for a moment, then pulled out his phone. He dialed a number, speaking quietly

Chapter 128. The agency makes its thave

when it connected. "Sir, we're at the box, but we're stuck on voice recognition. Any ideas. whose voice

it might be keyed to?"

He listened for a moment, then his face paled. "Are you sure? Alright, we'll try it."

turned to the team. "It's

a moment of stunned

"As

grimly. "That's the one. Can you do it,

so. I've got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his wife.

Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe ten minutes before

held up her tablet to the voice recognition panel. A slightly robotic but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean?

heartstopping moment, nothing happened. Then, with

swung open.

did it!" Rico

reaching into the box.

feeling around.

it?" Mia

pulled his hand out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The

silence fell over

"After all that security? There's got

his head. "Nothing. Not a

urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault. You need to get out

Jack cursed. "Alright, we're

made their way back to their entry point. As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up inside.

nothing there." He listened for a

he turned to the team. "Change of plans. We're not

raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking feeling that their troubles. were

van pulled away from the curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind them, the bank

easy this was-no ordinary bank. This

the team was lost in

what happened when a dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them several times and sending them

it, and the entire crew was

them, early risers starting their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the

major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to fruition in ways no

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