way you do what he wants and are there tomorrow to gather more information in the future.”

Bill, are you thinking of stopping him?”

“By stopping, if you mean killing him, no not yet. We may have to do that in the future, but for now the answer is no. For now our job is to find out what the hell is going on. If we stop him, they may just put someone else in his place and then we will have to start all over again. Maybe the next guy would be smarter and harder to spy on. No we won't eliminate him just yet. We would love to be able to keep him alive and gather all the information we can out of him. That is why we need you there. You are the only one who has been able to get this close to the headman. It is still hard to believe that he really trusts you and even wants to adopt you as his son. He may even entice you into working for them.

“There is no way I would or could do that!”

“Not even if we wanted you too?” Bill asked. “If we ordered you to; you would follow orders, no questions asked. And Since you will be the one closest to him when the time comes-do you think you could handle it?”

“You mean kill him?” Joseph said, “I really don't know. Maybe if I felt killing him was the only way. That's what the army pays me for-isn't it?”

“Yes but that is in war, in battle. This would be in cold blood! Are you sure you want to continue with this? I may have to ask you to execute him. Do you think you could handle it? I'm not going to ask you again.”

“I said I'll stay and don't worry about me. I'll do my duty.”

I can't tell you how much we appreciate your staying on. When I filled in my boss, he checked with the big boss and they both insisted that I offer you the opportunity to get out. The president agreed and said that he wanted you to know how much he appreciated what you are doing. He again said, even if you pulled out now, he still wants to meet you. He said he wants you to be careful. He said it was my head if anything were to happen to you before he had the chance to shake your hand himself. I also want to thank you and tell you that we could never have got this far without you.”

“You can stop the sales pitch…. I already re-enlisted.” Joseph said. “Can you just give me some idea how you found out about Fazzi's new job?”

“Aside from information from our own agents, we were shown the evidence by the Mossad. How they came up with it and the coded cablegram I don't know?” Bill told him. “They have had a direct interest in Fazzi since his days in Lebanon. When he moved to the United States, they informed us and showed us the file they had amassed on him and told us they were going to continue tracking him and that they would keep us up to date and informed. They also promised not to kill him on American soil. So far they have kept their word. Once he leaves the U.S., well that's another story. If you were to go with him they might kill the both of you seeing as they