After more than two months, Jimmy finally returned to New York. He opened the apartment door with the key and suddenly felt that he had gone to the wrong house.
Nia also has a set of keys to the apartment. Now the room has changed a lot. The big-ass color TV set was replaced by a large-screen plasma appliance. There are vases on the coffee table and dining table with flowers in them.
The previous long fabric sofa has also been replaced, and now it is a set of gray fabric sofas, with two matching single sofas on both sides, and pillows of the same color on them.
There is an additional bookshelf next to the wall, with some books and ornaments placed on it.
Jimmy just stood at the door and looked at the living room and dining room, then turned to look at the number on the door, and then looked at the living room to confirm that this was indeed his apartment.
It seems that Nia's stay has been uncomfortable in the past two months, and a lot of changes have been made.
Jimmy walked in, closed the door, and began to check the room inside. All the bedding had been changed, the TV in the bedroom had also been replaced, and there was a radio station on the bedside table. Except that these are different from before, the bedroom is a little messier, with some clothes and other things randomly thrown on the bed and the chair next to it.
There were no changes in the study. Apparently Nia felt that everything in this room was Jimmy's personal, so she didn't touch it at all.
Jimmy shook his head as he opened the suitcase, took out the clothes and put them away. There were a few pieces that needed to be washed, and then he also packed up all the clothes that Nia had thrown away.
Someone at home really doesn't have to wait two months to clean up after returning home, but he has no experience in cleaning up the clothes scattered in the bedroom, so he can only simply clean them up, then open the refrigerator, take a look, wash up and go out to do shopping.
When Nia came back from get off work in the evening, she opened the door and saw Jimmy busy in the kitchen. She jumped over and jumped behind Jimmy with a scream, "You are back, why didn't you call me?"
Jimmy shouted quickly: "Don't shake, don't shake, I'm chopping vegetables. You come down first."
Nia got off Jimmy's back, pinched a cherry tomato and threw it into her mouth, "Are you still going out this time when you come back?"
Jimmy: "Well, I still have some things to do, but I will stay with you at home for a few days."
Nia: "Okay, I'll take the day off tomorrow."
Jimmy: "Okay, you decide. I'm only responsible for accompanying you. You go and wash up first. You'll be fine soon."
Nia had just gone to Albuquerque some time ago. Although the two had always been in contact by phone, this long time together only deepened their feelings for each other.
In fact, Nia could feel that Jimmy was in a bad mood before in Albuquerque, as if he had experienced something, but she did not ask questions, but cooperated to make Jimmy happy and relaxed.
Now that I see Jimmy coming home, it seems to be almost the same as before. There is obviously no longer that nervous feeling, and of course he is very happy.
Nia came out of the shower, poured herself a glass of juice and sat on the sofa. "How's it going? I've rearranged it here."
Jimmy: "It's very good. You matched it well. I have lived here for a long time and I haven't adjusted the living room."
Nia: "As long as you like it, I'm worried that you won't like it if I make random changes."
Jimmy washed his hands and came out of the kitchen, "I'm very casual, and I've always been able to make do with it before, so you can change it however you want. Oh, leave the study room to me."
Jimmy walked to the bedroom and took out a box, "I'll give you a gift. Open it and take a look."
Nia opened the box and found a pearl bracelet inside, but there was no product label in the box, "It's so beautiful."
Jimmy smiled and said, "As long as you like it."
Nia took out the bracelet and put it on, then gave Jimmy a kiss, "Thank you, I like it very much."
During dinner, Nia seemed to say casually: "Jimmy, my father wants to meet you, what do you think? Do you want to meet him?"
Jimmy was chewing a piece of steak in his mouth and almost swallowed it. He coughed twice, chewed the meat for a few times and swallowed it before speaking: "Of course, no problem, anytime."
Nia smiled and said: "Don't worry, just wait until your things are settled. You said you could stay home for a few days, but if you go out, you don't know how many days it will take to come back."
Jimmy smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, it will be soon. I will be back as soon as possible and prepare it in advance."
New sofa and new TV. Jimmy and Nia spent some leisurely time chatting on the sofa and watching TV after dinner.
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While Jimmy was resting happily at home, Tom was not so lucky. Before, whether it was Greg or Rick, their teacher Mrs. Waltz helped investigate their information. Now they need to investigate again, and there are still things that need to be dealt with. More troublesome.
After changing his appearance and coming to DC, Tom opened a computer in a safe house. He did not directly investigate Rick, but inquired about the location of the national analysis team and the personnel in the public intelligence, trying his best to avoid direct inquiries that would trigger possible problems. System warning.
Officials with high security levels are usually within the early warning range. When someone investigates, they will directly notify the security department to determine whether it is necessary to notify relevant personnel and conduct an investigation.
The reason why Tom wants to handle it for Jimmy is because this logic can easily trigger a security warning for Jimmy, who has too little experience.
Searching for information is not troublesome. Instead of investigating Rick, just checking a government agency will not trigger an early warning at all. Soon Tom started investigating the people related to Rick that he had collected previously.
Changing clothes and going out to investigate the environment was a routine operation for Tom. He changed his identity and used some special means to investigate the DC Police Department data. It took him two days to determine Rick's residence information and his commute route. , the price paid is nothing more than a little money and a small threat to some people.
Originally, he wanted to inform Jimmy directly of the investigation information, but after thinking about it, Tom decided to talk to Mrs. Waltz.
Jimmy may continue to target Greg after this operation. Tom has no friendship with the former deputy director of the CIA, but Mrs. Waltz's words last time indicated that she was familiar with Greg.
Tom came to Mrs. Waltz's forest villa again. After learning what Veronica's son planned to do, Mrs. Waltz just sighed and finally nodded and agreed to their action.
Not only did she agree to their actions, but Mrs. Waltz also provided additional information about Greg's residence in DC, on the top floor of a certain apartment building. It's just that Mrs. Waltz is physically handicapped after all, and many things need to be confirmed by phone, so even if she has the address, she can't figure out Greg's security situation and the details inside the house. Tom or Jimmy needs to handle these things by themselves.
This is already a big gain. You must know that people like Greg may not be able to get the real address even if they use the CIA system to investigate. Now that Mrs. Waltz has clues, it can at least reduce Jimmy's investigation time by half.
Tom bid farewell to Mrs. Waltz and also invited Mrs. Waltz to visit her home in Florida some time later.
After getting all the information, Tom sent Jimmy a text message. When Jimmy replied that he had returned to New York, Tom bought a plane ticket and prepared to go to New York the next day.
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In the past few days, Jimmy has been accompanying Nia, who was resting, to go out to play, go shopping, and go to sea. Finally, they had a good time and had a lot of fun. Moreover, this time it was all a project assigned by Nia. Jimmy perfectly fulfilled the duties of escort and wallet.
Nia just had a normal weekend break, so the time was not long. Even so, Jimmy still felt mentally exhausted. It's not that there's anything wrong with my physical strength, it's just that I'm under a lot of mental stress, especially when I go fishing in a fishing boat.
Nia and Jimmy were both going fishing for the first time and had little experience. The captain was a veteran, and he taught them various safety knowledge and fishing techniques from the beginning of the boat. Of course, these came at a certain price.
Nia was lucky, and the second fish she hooked was a big fish. As a result, the fish almost pulled Nia out of the fishing boat, but luckily Jimmy caught her quickly. However, due to experience issues, the rope that was tied to Nia's fishing rod was not tied properly, and the fishing rod was directly carried away by the big fish.
This mistake almost caused Nia to fall into the water, and Jimmy focused all his energy on safety. He gave his fishing rod to Nia, and then concentrated on helping to pull the rod next to her. The harvest was good in the end, including a few salmon, a flounder, and under the captain's guidance, I caught a swordfish using salmon as bait.
Of course, the lost sea fishing rod still had to be compensated. Although the money was not much, Jimmy made a decision. When he became proficient in fishing, he must buy two sets of his own fishing rods.
In the last few hours, all the fish were caught and the captain was asked to help. Although they wanted to take one home and cook it themselves, considering that they were really tired today, they finally decided to go out for dinner.
After Jimmy and Nia had dinner, Jimmy took Nia back to her house and drove back to the apartment. Jimmy checked his anonymous phone as soon as he got home. Tom's text message had arrived, and he was ready to rest after he responded.
The next day, Tom made an appointment with Jimmy to meet in Central Park, and this time he was uncharacteristically going to the park to meet in broad daylight. This was so rare. Jimmy had always thought that they would do this kind of thing in secret and would deal with it at night. Of.
Tom gave Jimmy a USB flash drive: "All the information from the investigation is here, you can handle it yourself."
Jimmy took the USB flash drive: "Thank you for your hard work, Tom. By the way, can DC prepare two pistols for me? The ones I used before have been destroyed."
Tom looked around, reported an address, then took out the key, picked off one and gave it to Jimmy, "Take it away and don't put it back after use. Just find a place to destroy it."
Jimmy: "Thanks. What are you going to do next?"
Tom: "Go back to Florida, things over there haven't been settled yet."
Jimmy took out a bank card from his pocket and said, "Tom, please accept this. The password is my birthday."
Tom suddenly looked at Jimmy with wide eyes, and then frowned. He didn't reach out to take it, "What do you mean?"
Jimmy: "Congratulations on your successful retirement. Please accept it. I always trouble you, so let me express it."
Jimmy looked at Tom's expression and suddenly understood, "Don't worry, I have enough money. You can handle this part by yourself. It won't affect me at all."
Tom then reached for the card and nodded, "Okay, I'll go back first. Goodbye, Jimmy."
Jimmy: "Goodbye, Tom, and have a nice trip."
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Jimmy had finally settled some of his worries. When he was paying Steven in Albuquerque, he remembered that it seemed that from beginning to end, he had been passively accepting Tom's gifts and had never given anything back.
If you want to do something for Tom, it is definitely your duty to do it, but Tom is a CIA agent supervisor who has been working for decades. What kind of trouble can he ask Jimmy to do? At least in the past few years, Jimmy has not helped Tom once, so Jimmy finally decided to use the most vulgar way to make up for the favor.
This card is the money that Justin helped him launder, which is what he gained in Dallas and Houston. The relative amount is not much. The harvest in Albuquerque was larger the second time, but Justin was handling the money and had not yet given it to Jimmy, so naturally there was no way to give Tom another amount.
On the way home, Jimmy bought a new laptop in the store. When he got home, he plugged in the USB flash drive to view the data. For safety reasons, Jimmy now basically won't use his computer to open unfamiliar USB flash drives or data. Anyway, laptops are not expensive, and there is no need to buy too good ones.
Rick's information is complete, including the address of the national research and analysis team, his home address, license plate number, and complete route to and from get off work. Of course, the most important thing is that there is also a photo of Rick, so that Jimmy will not fuck the wrong person. .
Jimmy looked at the location and saw that Rick's home was not in an apartment in the center of the city, but in the suburbs, so it would be troublesome to cause trouble in the city.
Put your gun back in the safe. You definitely can't use your own when you go out this time. Fortunately, Tom has spare weapons in DC, so you don't have to think of ways to get the goods from the gang.
Jimmy didn't bring any ID. He just took a wallet to put money, cards, his driver's license, and a spare ID. After organizing his belongings, Jimmy went to change into a set of casual clothes, went out to take a taxi to Brooklyn, and found a hotel that didn't look good. I bought a second-hand car from Tai Da Da's car dealership and drove directly to DC.
He only brought an anonymous mobile phone, not even an FBI mobile phone, because that mobile phone has a location and will be located by others. He is still on vacation, so even if he cannot be contacted by phone, it is not a big problem.
It is only more than 300 kilometers from New York to DC, but because the previous journey is in New York City, it will take more time. It was already evening when Jimmy arrived in DC.
In order to avoid trouble, Jimmy found a motel to check in. The bill was paid in cash. There was no surveillance or ID checking, which was very suitable for people like Jimmy who had to do things.
(End of chapter)
