Moonlight Warriors: A Tale of Two Hit Men by Joseph Rogers Page A

a connection to both the Christian and Muslim faiths.”
    “Yes, Mohammed’s daughter was named Fatima.   When she died, he wrote, ‘ Thou shalt be the most blessed of all the women in Paradise, after Mary.’  I am also aware that there is a little village in Portugal named Fatima in which Mary appeared to some children in 1917.   I once visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon near Beirut.  Many Muslims visit that shrine.”
    “You are apparently an ecumenical person, too,” Jenny said with a smile.  “Mary has always been important to me.”  Jenny pointed toward the night sky.  “In his sermon, I once heard a priest explain that the moon reflects the light of the sun and that is exactly what Mary does: she reflects the light of her Son.   The priest quoted a great Christian scholar named Thomas Aquinas who said that ‘As sailors are guided by a star to the port, so Christians are guided to Heaven by Mary.’”
    “I am familiar with Thomas Aquinas,” Fatima said.  
    “You certainly know about a lot of things in addition to computers and biotechnology.  You have a broad spectrum of knowledge --- you’re a Renaissance woman.”
    “And you know about many things besides your police work,” Fatima said with a chuckle.
    A few minutes later Charlie arrived, and he and Jenny took the elevator down to the lobby and went into the restaurant that was attached to the hotel lobby.
    While they sipped their cappuccinos, Jenny told Charlie about her conversation with Fatima on the balcony.
    “During my college days, I recall reading in a book by Fulton Sheen that in trying to spread the Christian faith, it is always best to start with that which people already accept.”
    “Like Saint Paul did that with the Romans,” Jenny interjected.  “Paul told the Romans that he had noticed their statue To an Unknown God .  He proceeded to explain to them that this Unknown God was Jesus Christ.”
    “Exactly,” Charlie said.  “Modern missionaries can approach people in the same way as Saint Paul did.   Since Muslims have a great admiration for Mary, our missionaries can expand and develop that esteem for her , knowing that Mary will carry the Muslims the rest of the way to Jesus Christ.”
    “Our Lady of Fatima can serve as the bridge that carries Muslims home to her Son,” Jenny said.
                 
     

Chapter 11
    Everything is Not as It Seems
     
    “Your impatience has jeopardized this entire operation!”  Saud Tariq glowered down at Elaine Sandhaven.  She was a tall woman, but he was a very tall man.
    “I had no choice!” she defended herself.  “Do you understand?  I had no choice.  Dennis was getting suspicious of me.  And he and his little Fatima were getting very close to completing that Intelligent Agency project.  If I had not slowed them down, the United States government might now have that entire anti-biological warfare program.”
    “They would not have had the program.  I had the situation under control.  Now I need to clean up your mess.   Why did you hire those two hit men, Marcus and Chuck?  You had two Al Qaeda-trained operatives right here at this company.  Shaukat Khan and Maulana Hafsa could have killed Dennis Sandhaven for you.  It was not necessary to bring in outside help.”
    “ Shaukat and Maulana have only worked here for two months.  I only knew that they were sent to help with our biological warfare project.  I thought that they were just computer nerds; I did not know that they were trained fighters.”
    Saud waved his hand dismissively.  “What is done is done.  I will try to correct the situation.   Give me the names and all the information that you have about the two hit men that you hired.”
    “What are you going to do?”
    “What do you think?” Saud asked contemptuously.
    Elaine nodded.  “I suppose they do have to die.”
    “Try not to create any more problems for me.”
    “You are being unjustly harsh with me.  I have