Merlin definitely worked fast—once the agreement was reached, he paid the owner of the food processing plant twenty grand up front just to sweeten the deal before asking the Acker family's agent in Africa to prepare the remaining cash.

Cash was the best solution, too, as they didn't want to leave a trail, so a wire transfer was a no-go.

Still, it was not hard for the Ackers to prepare 200 grand USD out of the blue, but the difficult part was yet to come.

Not only did they have to send a team bringing tons of food and daily necessities to the food processing plant with some daily necessities, but they also needed a factory-wide security upgrade for the food processing plant to ensure nothing went amiss.

Just to be sure, Charlie told Porter Waldron to send his best men, entering Morocco from Algeria, and await his orders at Duca Mines. With their mobility, they could put on a decent disguise and still only need a few hours to travel from Lebanon to Algeria, so they would reach Duca M