‘I’ve been told you are a troublemaker,’ Siegfried said with disdain.
‘I’d rather think of myself as a tenacious competitor,’ Jack said.
‘Ah, arrogant as well,’ Siegfried snarled. ‘I hope your tenacity comes
in handy once you are turned over to the Equatoguinean military.’
‘Perhaps we can call the American Embassy and resolve this,’ Jack said.
‘We are, after all, government employees.’
Siegfried smiled, which actually only increased his scar-induced sneer.
‘American Embassy?’ he questioned with uncamouflaged scorn. ‘In
Equatorial Guinea! What a joke! Unfortunately for you, it’s out on the
island of Bioko.’ He turned to Cameron. ‘Put them in the jail but
separate the men and the women!’
Cameron snapped his fingers for his deputy. He wanted the four
handcuffed first. While this was in progress he and Siegfried drew off
to the side.
‘Are you really going to hand them over to the Equatoguineans?’ Cameron
asked.
‘Absolutely,’ Siegfried said. ‘Raymond told me all about Stapleton. They
have to disappear.’
‘When?’ Cameron asked.
‘As soon as Taylor Cabot leaves,’ Siegfried said. ‘I want this whole
episode kept quiet.’
‘I understand,’ Cameron said. He touched the brim of his hat and then
went back to supervise the transfer of the prisoners to the jail in the
basement of the town hall.