Chapter 892 - Norman Todd (1/2)

~ France, Chateau ~

Aiden is working on his laptop while Sarah is sprawled on the bed next to him. She is reflecting on the day.

That morning, Jesse arrived. Sarah prefers that Jesse stays close to Sophia and Felix, but with Eve present and two of them not leaving the Cliffside villa unless it's with Jeff and JoAnna, it's safe to bring Jesse to France. And Sarah and Aiden need to get used to having security around.

Jesse immediately got attention of Sigma army when Sarah introduced him as her bodyguard. After more than half an hour of questioning about Jesse and his fighting skills (which were left unanswered). Sigma army members gave him some space. Well, everyone except for Marija who looked at him with hearts in her eyes.

Jesse turned to Sarah for some guidance on the current situation, but Sarah only shrugged.

”She is interested in you. I can't tell you what to do about your love life.”

Sarah got maids to arrange a guestroom for Jesse, but he insisted to stay in the side house with the rest of the staff. Sarah was worried how will he communicate with them, but then she heard him speak in fluent French and she told herself that he will be just fine.

Aiden was visibly irked when he heard Jesse speak French. He felt like the only person in the world who does not know French. It didn't take long before that transformed into Aiden's desire to put more effort into learning it.

Shortly after lunch, Sarah and Aiden headed to meet with Jarred's people while Sigma army members headed to the tech room to continue their hack-battles.

Two and a half hours later, Sarah and Aiden returned with their brand new helicopter.

Sarah remembers how she sat next to the helicopter and observed Aiden while he skillfully removed missile launchers which can't be hidden inside fuselage. Her man is amazing. She is confident that there is nothing sexier than a man who is focused on removing air-to-air missile launchers.

It really needed only few wrenches and a screwdriver… Jarred was not kidding.

Jesse helped Aiden carry removed weaponry into the basement of the Chateau. Those will not be a permanent feature of the helicopter, and Aiden will put them back on only in case they are really going to an all-out war.

Sarah is impressed with arrangements Aiden made in order to hide the helicopter from prying eyes.

Mature trees and medium height foliage are arranged around the helipad in such a way that is hidden completely. And there is even a cover on top so that any random drone would not capture their newest toy by accident. Aiden told her that this is the best he could do considering time constraints. He has few ideas on getting the helicopter completely enclosed, but he is still weighing options between structures above and under ground.

Sarah got her mind back to present and admired her Greek God who was so focused on his work that he didn't notice Sarah stick to him. Even when her hand went under his top and landed on his firm abs he didn't react.

”Ha! Finally!”, Aiden exclaimed and startled Sarah.

”Sorry, love.”, he apologized immediately with excitement in his eyes. ”I was so frustrated that I can't find anything solid on this Norman… and I was looking in the wrong place!”

”What did you find?”

”Not so fast. Let me tell you first what I didn't find…”, Aiden said dramatically and saw that Sarah is not very enthusiastic about it. ”Trust me, it's worth it. And it will be short.”

Sarah adjusted her mood and listened attentively.

Aiden started talking when he saw that Sarah is ready. ”I found some hints of insider trading, and some bribing and blackmail… also, he was suspiciously close to few ladies in last twenty years or so. But there is no solid evidence for any of those. He is either very good in covering up his tracks, or he makes sure that nothing ends up online so that we can dig it out. The only option we have is to go and talk with people involved and see if they are willing to say something about it. But even if they do, unless Norman has some hidden vault with physical evidence and we get access to it, it's highly likely that it will be their word against his.”

Sarah frowned. ”But you found something, right?”

”I don't know if this will lead to anything that can be held against him, but it provides a motive.”

”A motive?”