Memories under the Cherry Blossom Tree

Ch 61 The Raid

Arthit, Bright and Knot were in the van parked close to the warehouse. Tay had managed to get the location where the kids would be taken to, so they were able to set up a mobile control center near there.  Far from the eyes of Uncle Philip's thugs..

The kids would be loaded into a container and shipped through sea to the states. They had been  tranquilized in the hospital on the pretext of their weekly visit.

Tay and Em were following the van with the children discretely from the orphanage. Kao had insisted on accompanying them and they had agreed.. They were dressed in black and drove a black car with the windows tinted and lights out..

Bright could see the tracker on his screen. The one from Inta glowed red, while Tay's glowed yellow.  They were making sure the thugs didn't fool them by switching vehicles or find out that Tay was following them..

Arthit was chewing on his nails. Once they were sure the van had entered the compound,they'd alert P'Lee who'd seize the container and the gang in the act, as they needed proof to put them in jail permanently..He hoped nothing went wrong as the lives of kids were at stake here. One wrong move and all the kids would be lost. Philip wouldn't hesitate to drop the container in the sea..

The dots came closer and entered the warehouse compound. Bright switched to the cctv footage of the warehouse, that he hacked into.

They could see the men unloading the kids and taking  them into the warehouse to put in a container.  Arthit saw his uncle supervising the entire process. He seemed so confident that he was not even nervous.

Knot informed P'Lee. Lee was already surrounding the building with his troops. They had to be very quiet and not alert the thugs. The back of the building opened to the waterfront where already a jetty must be waiting to take the container to the ship. They would enter the building from the front when the thugs moved out through the back to load the container aboard the jetty.

"Faster you idiots..are the kids so heavy that u have to be so slow.." Philips barked at his men..he wanted this to be over..

Jay walked in then with some papers in his hand..

"Here u are, the papers u wanted incriminating ur brother in law in this trafficking issue..There are documents with his name and forged signatures. Plus doctored photographs that are proof of his association with the international mafia. Use it wisely. " he told Philips as he showed him each one..

Arthit couldn't see wat they were discussing..This was not right..Why was Jay here? He knew that after they left jail he had not been in touch with Namtarn or Philip..wat could those papers be. He wanted to know. He opened the door of the van.  Knot caught his arm..

"Where are u going Arthit?"

"I need to see wat those papers are. I don't like the smug look on his face."

"But wat if someone sees you? The operation may get compromised. " Bright joined Knot in stopping him..

"Don't be hot headed Arthit. Think calmly before u act. " Knot tried to put some sense in him.

"It could be something against my dad Knot. I need to make sure. I won't put it past my uncle to drag my dad to jail with him.."

"Call P'Lee first. He might be able to get it or atleast give u a distraction. "

Arthit nodded and called Lee.  He told him his worries. Lee said he'd check out the inside layout and call him back.

Tay and Em had reached Lee by then, with Kao. They were observing the stake out waiting for the kids to be rescued. It was just a matter of minutes.