Chapter 698 - Jesse (2)

Sarah held Aiden's hand hoping that he will calm down. She understands his concern, and she has it as well, but Jesse is already here, and they need to find out more about his background in order to comprehend his motives for coming here.

"While you worked for them, did you have a handle?", she asked.

"Nightmaker." Jesse was relieved that they went back to questioning him. He hoped this is a sign that they will not send him back to Sierra Leone.

"What is the name of the organization you worked for?", Sarah continued asking questions while Aiden leaned back in the sofa indicating that he will observe. Aiden needed time to calm down.

"Shadow Ravens.", Jesse responded.

"What else can you tell us about Shadow Ravens?"

"I've never met my superiors in person. Communication was over email and phones. There are several bases that I got to see, and main one is in Dublin. Members are always rotating and socializing outside missions is discouraged. Each of us had a special phone they would use to tell us time and place where we would meet and find out about our next mission." Jesse explained.

"Who came up with missions?"

"I was not high enough to know that."

Sarah was curious about his name choice. "Why did you tell us to call you Jesse?"

"She was my contact during my last mission… and my lover." Jesse almost whispered this last part, unable to hide his sadness.

Sarah remembered that he said how during last mission all his teammates and contacts were killed. "I'm sorry."

"So am I." Jesse sighed.

Sarah looked at Aiden and could not hide that her mood is dropping. What would they do if one of them gets hurt… or worse?

Aiden rubbed her back gently, and that helped Sarah compose herself and stop any crazy thoughts before they even started.

Sarah felt sorry for Jesse. His team was wiped out, years of his life were gone at that instant and he can't go back to it, his lover was killed, his family is missing… It must be hard on him. No wonder he gave up and decided to wait for assassins to come and end his life.

But there must be something that keeps him alive. Otherwise, he would take his own life, right?

"What do you want to do?", Sarah asked.

Jesse composed himself, it seems that he suppressed thoughts of his dead lover. "I want to find who betrayed me and my team, and also to find out what happened to my family. But I don't know how to go about it without alerting whoever is after me and putting myself and everyone around me in danger. Until I come up with a plan, I will lay low."

Sarah thought that what he said makes sense. He is only one man and has no idea who is after him. If they are sending different assassins to dispose of him, the situation is probably much bigger than what he can handle.

"Do you think that Shadow Ravens is sending assassins after you?"

Jesse shrugged and shook his head indicating that he is not sure. "That is a possibility."

"Whoever is after you is related to your last mission. What was the mission?" Sarah could not hide her curiosity. She always liked spy movies, and she was getting involved into one spy story!

Jesse had no options than to answer Sarah's question: "To retrieve blueprints of a military base located two hundred kilometers South-West from Cairo."

"Do you have any suspects who sabotaged your mission?" Sarah probed.

Jesse shook his head. "No. Everything was normal. And we didn't even do anything. We gathered earlier that day and started planning when our hideout was attacked."

Sarah thought that after all this time he should have some possible scenarios on his mind. "Did you think that someone else took the blueprints and wanted to frame you for that? By getting you out of the picture, they are making sure you will not show up and reveal that you didn't take the blueprints."

Jesse agreed with Sarah's theory, that is what he suspected as well. "That sounds valid, but I still don't know who would do that."

Sarah was about to continue on this topic when Aiden stopped her. He glared at Jesse for some time before speaking: "I'm pissed that your tail is on fire and you came to our house!"

Sarah realized that Aiden's rage is not subsiding at all.

Aiden could not get out of his mind that this man selfishly came with them. Jesse obviously only thought about himself and didn't consider that others are in danger because of him.

"I'm not here as a freeloader. I'm offering you my services." Jesse defended himself.

Sarah placed her hand on Aiden's shoulder indicating him to calm down. Losing patience is not going to benefit anyone.

Aiden took a deep breath and leaned back on the sofa. But he still glared at Jesse.

"What services?", Sarah asked.

"You are looking for bodyguards, right? I can be one. I will not betray you. And I am more than qualified. Give me a new identity and I will stay by your side. I promise to give you my absolute loyalty."

Aiden didn't try to hide his anger. "You came here by deceiving us and you talk about loyalty? How can we trust you?"

Jesse looked down and shook his head. He didn't have an answer to that question… even with the truth serum in his system.

"He can't tell lies now.", Sarah reminded Aiden. "We can check ourselves that he has no trackers. I will tell you later how."

Sarah will tell Aiden about the machine which JoAnna used when she examined Charlie. That machine can find specs of bone matter embedded within the muscles. If Jesse has trackers inside his body, that machine will find it. But Sarah didn't want to talk about that in front of Jesse. She does not want him to know more than what he already knows, just in case if they decide to ship him back to Sierra Leone.

Aiden was still not happy. He took a deep breath and looked at Sarah indicating that she can continue with her questioning if she has any questions left. He is done talking.