savoring something delicious.” He intentionally let his eyes move down from her face to her waist and then laughed.
“Holy cats! You actually just said that! You ARE bad.” Lexi said between laughter. With a somber expression, she said “Thanks Ryan.”
“Ah you’re welcome I think, but thanks for what?” Ryan asked.
“Well we had kind of a pretty emotional and sad conversation going there for a while, with the topic of my parents and about Kurt. I appreciate that you were able to let me talk about things I never share and I think you did the same. Plus, it was nice the way you lightened it up. I just want to thank you.”
“You’re welcome, Lexi. So here is my plan. I have contacts in Israel and I’ve already asked for some information on this guy. I think we should go there and pay him a visit before we run into Turkey with this coin. The region where Kate has been spotted is located within the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.”
He brought up a zoomed in view of Kate’s last location on the monitor.
“That region is on the Syrian border, and of course Syria is going through a pretty violent uprising. While it hasn’t spilled over into Turkey, except for a few isolated artillery attacks directed at Turkish forces, there will be a very high military presence. There will also be a chance that there will be militants trying to enter or leave the war zone. The other thing to worry about is there is also a group operating in the area that has been engaging in terrorist acts for years. The PKK. It’s the Kurdish Workers Party. They are most active right now near the border that Turkey shares with Iraq. There has been a cease fire between the Turkish government and that group for about a year now. Let’s just hope it holds. It could get pretty dicey really quick, if the PKK feels like Turkey isn’t complying with the terms of the cease fire.”
“Wow I didn’t expect to hear that we would be entering a combat zone.”
“No Lexi, it’s not like that at all. It’s just that we have to really keep our wits about us and make sure we don’t get caught in the middle of something, should trouble break out. Even with all of this going on, I would feel safer there than wandering through parts of some American cities. Plus, I have a few pretty good contacts in the area from when I was still in the Navy. I worked with the NSA, as well as some Turkish counterparts on anti-terrorist surveillance. I know who I can trust.”
Ryan paused and decided it was time to throw the last wrench into the mix. “Is Kate involved in any criminal activity? Terrorism or otherwise?”
Lexi’s mouth dropped open. “No way! That isn’t Kate. I told you, she was doing some research there.”
“Well if she is she’s going completely solo. She’s freelancing it and I find that to be contrary to any archaeological work I’ve ever seen, in any part of the world. Those projects are planned often years in advance. There are universities, societies, governments, and all sorts of wealthy backers. Everyone sticks their fingers in it. From what I found out she isn’t involved in projects currently underway in the region, at this time, even though she has been seen at the dig site at Gobekli Tepe. It must have to do with Kurt, the Israel trips, and that coin. Lexi I hate to say it, but by her actions I have to consider that she may be involved in smuggling antiquities from the site. All the more reason to find the good doctor. We’ll find out more. Don’t worry.”
“Well, I know Kate. She has always gone ballistic when she heard of artifacts being taken out of places illegally. That would be so contrary to her personality that in all honestly, I wouldn’t even consider it, Ryan.”
“Okay I’ll trust your judgment Lexi, after all you know her. I don’t. I had to tell you what I thought though, because if I figured that she was involved with smuggling then others will suspect that for sure.”
“Alright so now
“Holy cats! You actually just said that! You ARE bad.” Lexi said between laughter. With a somber expression, she said “Thanks Ryan.”
“Ah you’re welcome I think, but thanks for what?” Ryan asked.
“Well we had kind of a pretty emotional and sad conversation going there for a while, with the topic of my parents and about Kurt. I appreciate that you were able to let me talk about things I never share and I think you did the same. Plus, it was nice the way you lightened it up. I just want to thank you.”
“You’re welcome, Lexi. So here is my plan. I have contacts in Israel and I’ve already asked for some information on this guy. I think we should go there and pay him a visit before we run into Turkey with this coin. The region where Kate has been spotted is located within the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.”
He brought up a zoomed in view of Kate’s last location on the monitor.
“That region is on the Syrian border, and of course Syria is going through a pretty violent uprising. While it hasn’t spilled over into Turkey, except for a few isolated artillery attacks directed at Turkish forces, there will be a very high military presence. There will also be a chance that there will be militants trying to enter or leave the war zone. The other thing to worry about is there is also a group operating in the area that has been engaging in terrorist acts for years. The PKK. It’s the Kurdish Workers Party. They are most active right now near the border that Turkey shares with Iraq. There has been a cease fire between the Turkish government and that group for about a year now. Let’s just hope it holds. It could get pretty dicey really quick, if the PKK feels like Turkey isn’t complying with the terms of the cease fire.”
“Wow I didn’t expect to hear that we would be entering a combat zone.”
“No Lexi, it’s not like that at all. It’s just that we have to really keep our wits about us and make sure we don’t get caught in the middle of something, should trouble break out. Even with all of this going on, I would feel safer there than wandering through parts of some American cities. Plus, I have a few pretty good contacts in the area from when I was still in the Navy. I worked with the NSA, as well as some Turkish counterparts on anti-terrorist surveillance. I know who I can trust.”
Ryan paused and decided it was time to throw the last wrench into the mix. “Is Kate involved in any criminal activity? Terrorism or otherwise?”
Lexi’s mouth dropped open. “No way! That isn’t Kate. I told you, she was doing some research there.”
“Well if she is she’s going completely solo. She’s freelancing it and I find that to be contrary to any archaeological work I’ve ever seen, in any part of the world. Those projects are planned often years in advance. There are universities, societies, governments, and all sorts of wealthy backers. Everyone sticks their fingers in it. From what I found out she isn’t involved in projects currently underway in the region, at this time, even though she has been seen at the dig site at Gobekli Tepe. It must have to do with Kurt, the Israel trips, and that coin. Lexi I hate to say it, but by her actions I have to consider that she may be involved in smuggling antiquities from the site. All the more reason to find the good doctor. We’ll find out more. Don’t worry.”
“Well, I know Kate. She has always gone ballistic when she heard of artifacts being taken out of places illegally. That would be so contrary to her personality that in all honestly, I wouldn’t even consider it, Ryan.”
“Okay I’ll trust your judgment Lexi, after all you know her. I don’t. I had to tell you what I thought though, because if I figured that she was involved with smuggling then others will suspect that for sure.”
“Alright so now
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