Mano never stuck to a routine.
He changed everything frequently, never sticking to a pattern where he could be set up for a hit. It was a way of life that had kept him alive. It was second nature to him, and to his security detail.
Nothing was left to chance, even his barber was changed at regular times. His car was checked regularly for hidden explosive. His friends were heavily vetted.
Mano never stuck to a routine.
He changed everything frequently, never sticking to
a pattern where he could be set up for a hit. It was a way
of life that had kept him alive. It was second nature to
him, and to his security detail.
Nothing was left to chance, even his barber was
changed at regular times. His car was checked regularly
for hidden explosive. His friends were heavily vetted.
But if history had everproved anything, JFK, his brother
Robert and Martin Luther King, it was that everyone
was vulnerable to an assassin's bullet.
Even a man like Mano.
It was Hakim himself who spotted the weak point.
The weak point was at police headquarters itself. It was
a dangerous hit because of it's location but it was always
going to be that way anyway. It needed careful planning
because too many cops were always going in and out of
the place. Hakim set up a schedule so that they knew
when shifts changed and ruled out a hit at any of those
times. There were just too many cops around at those
moments.
He had latched onto the fact that Mano worked
Sundays. It was the one day of the week when there were
less cops around than usual and Hakim quickly decided
to make the hit on a Sunday.
He took great care not to be seen in the street moni-
toring things. Cops had eyesand earsand were bound to
pick up on surveillancelikethat. He was lucky in that he
found a coffee shop overlooking the headquarters, but
he had to be on guard there too as cops were always call-
ing in looking for their doughnuts and cups of coffee.
A plan had formed in his mind.
He outlined things to his team later that night. Batul
surprised him by volunteering for the dirty work. A
HPD uniform was secured for him from a fancy dress
shop in downtown Honolulu and Hakim handed Batul
a fully loaded .38.
There was no question he looked the part, but
Hakim felta momentary sense of uneaseas helooked in-
to the youthful face of Batul. Perhaps he'd be better do-
ing this one himself. He allowed himself to get carried
away by the enthusiasm of his team.
"I'll drive him," Jahil had announced.
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