Alien in the House

presumably to make high-security-level calls to secret underground strongholds.
    “Uh oh,” Tim said as soon as Mom was out of range. “I think we have an issue with Mossad. They know you, Kitty, so they assume you’re heading into danger. They also don’t seem to understand why we’re not hiding in the shadows to protect you, regardless of what the Dingo thinks.”
    “In other words, if they go wherever you’re telling them, and you’re not there, Mossad’s going to get suspicious, right?”
    Tim nodded. “They’re good. They’ll find you.”
    “And screw up the meet,” Amy said. “I think Kitty’s crazy, too, but I’m also clear that you don’t tell the nice assassin you’re coming with people who aren’t going to try to take him down, and then show up with people trying to take him down.”
    “Maybe Mossad is right,” Abigail said. “They have more information on Raul than we do. They might have more on the Dingo, too.”
    “Look, I know I’m right on this one.”
    “Paul,” Naomi said. “What does ACE think?”
    Every head swiveled toward Gower. And there were three of us who were really wondering what in the world he was going to say.



CHAPTER 87
    G OWER GOT THE LOOK on his face that I was familiar with, the one where he was listening to someone in his head.
    He looked back at all of us. “ACE says Kitty thinks right.”
    “That means ACE is all for my plans, both the one we know about and the one I’m about to tell you,” I said as quickly as possible.
    “Okay,” Tim said doubtfully. “That’s all ACE said?”
    “Look, time’s going to be of the essence for what we’ll need to do with Mossad. I’m sure ACE, more than any of us, is aware of that.”
    Gower nodded. “You need to tell the others what you’re thinking, Kitty.”
    “Right. Okay, if Mossad is going to shove in and try to be all protective, let’s give them something to do.”
    “Who needs protection?” Jeff asked. “Those of us with Angela? There’s only so many she can take, right, Chuck?”
    Chuckie nodded. “Right, so you can’t use us to distract Mossad, Kitty.”
    Clearly these two were as aware as I was that ACE hadn’t suddenly returned. Also as clearly they didn’t think I had an actual plan in place and was just bluffing until I came up with something. Chose to be offended later.
    “We need a variety of people found. I’d love to send Mossad on the Hunt for Colonel Hamlin, but then we’d have to tell them what’s going on with Malcolm and probably everything else and I think we’d rather not.”
    “We’d definitely rather not,” Chuckie said emphatically.
    “Okay, so before I roll my plan idea, where’s Camilla? She showed up because we had a tip that something was going down, right?”
    “Right,” Chuckie said. “And something did. Now I think we were tipped so that Eugene would absolutely be caught.”
    “I agree. Okay, so, nice dodge and all, but what is Camilla working on? I need to know so I don’t duplicate effort in the wrong way.”
    He sighed. “She’s inserting into Gaultier. Based on what happened with Buchanan, what was found there, and some other intel we have, it’s the best place for her right now.”
    “Super, so no one’s going to be on her turf. Tim and James, you guys need to get Mossad looking for Clarence. He’s more dangerous than the Dingo, by far, and we need him captured. Just like Raul can tell us who took over for Reid, Clarence likely can as well. Or else he’s now Raul’s BFF and that means he can tell us where Raul is. Bottom line, we need him found and neutralized, but not killed. Not yet, anyway.”
    “What other intel, Chuck?” Amy asked. “And don’t try lying to me.”
    “No, I can tell you. Now. We think some of the former human employees for the former Diplomatic Corps got jobs with Gaultier. We know some went to work for Titan, but they’ve moved on since that company’s been under investigation. Camilla’s been tracking them for almost as long as Jamie’s been alive. They’re hiding well, which means they have help and protection.”
    Amy nodded. “Once I take over, whatever you need, you let me know.”
    “This is touching,” Christopher said. “But I haven’t heard anyone say where they actually think Clarence is. I’ve been searching, and before someone insults my abilities again, I’m the fastest person here. And I’ve searched most of this damn town. He’s nowhere, and there’s no sign of