Roused from his sleep, Tom, pulled on clothes and headed down to Stephens office. He found the boss still at his desk. "Doesn't this man every sleep" he thought.
"Yes Sir?"
"Tom, I think I have a solution to our problem with the russian. Thanks to Eve who reminded me of an alternative. The Taylor woman is still in the Univerisity house isn't she?"
"Yes Sir. She wasn't to be bothered there until after the land deal goes through."
"We don't need the land anymore. We are liquidating out here. We are done with the Taylor woman. Make the necessary arrangements. Her resignation to the university should show up tomorrow. She should make it known that she will be leaving the area for a new position overseas. Have her picked up quietly. Bring her here and put her in the secure area in the sub-basement. Don't mark her up too bad. Take some photos of her. Make them good. I am going to trade her to the russian. Maybe he will be satisfied with that bitch and will buy the property. IF he takes the bait we solve a number of problems. The Taylor woman goes away to russia or wherever that fat bastard wants to take her. We get our cash. We get out of here. Problems solved."
Tom nodded. It was a neat clean solution. There were some ticklish details to handle but nothing that couldn't be taken care of in short order.
"Will do Sir. We should have her in hand by tomorrow afternoon. I will have the house cleaned out as soon as we have her secure. The necessary paperwork to the univeristy will go out today and we will get the word out that she is taking a position at some remote university in eastern europe that no one can find. "
"Good, Tom. Make this happen clean and you will be rewarded very handsomely."
"Thank you Sir."
Tom turned to head to his office to start making arrangements. It was going to be a busy two days and he hadn't had much sleep. But, it should be very profitable in the long run.