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“….. It was probably no more complicated than listening in to you giving instructions to your helicopter pilot.”

My stomach tightens.

I was shouting to make myself heard….

“Of course, we can never be one hundred per cent sure,” says Will, “but we are ninety-nine per cent sure, that, in terms of police infiltration, Corby was acting alone.” He glances around the table. James raises a brow. Michael simply sits, his lips a hard-pressed line.

“Remember,” continues Will, “he even manoeuvred himself into being the officer to interview Charlotte about Blessingmoors, then tried to use that to attack James.”

And it was Charlotte who put a stop to it….

“So, you know who he is, or was?” asks James.

Will pushes a slim file to him. “He was essentially Klempner’s right-hand man. Certainly, that was his role in the days of the original investigation. This was known at the time, according to the records, but was never provable, because witnesses either clammed up or vanished entirely….”

These men will stop at nothing….

Elizabeth….

…. But you’re with Charlotte….

“…. In time, Corby himself, or as he was then known, Elliot Bech, also vanished, and in truth, it was assumed he’d probably been murdered himself in some form of gang dispute. They’re a violent bunch, and occasionally, what was left of them would be found floating face down.”

James is flicking through the file contents, speed-reading notes, looking at photos then passing them to Michael next to him. He hovers over an image, blurred and faded, ‘Lawrence Klempner’ I would say fixing it in his memory. “So, Corby… what? Had a change of identity and joined the police force?”

Will flushes….

be

…. Tough…

He had been there as a sleeper for years, positioning himself to be in the right place if there were movement on the Blessingmoors investigation or any of the other

interrupt. “How did

Blessingmoors, but also known to us through other activities. It’s a huge network, working internationally, and all on the general theme of trafficking vulnerable individuals; children, migrants, the dispossessed. The movement is typically from one country to another, where the victims don’t speak the language, don’t know the local laws and have no way of requesting help. However….” Will takes a deep breath, steepling his fingers. “…. large as the network is, Klempner is the king-pin, the common link. Take him out

the subject of Blessingmoors itself, I have to say that I am pleased that Charlotte is not present to hear this,

James, questioning. James gives him the

Did Michael notice that?

Did he ever tell Michael he’d been down

eyes flash

the blond man does not seem to have

“…. The cellar that she led us to on the site: forensics have now had the opportunity to re-excavate, from where the site had been demolished over it,

knuckles are white. His

Suffice it to say, that a number

but then simply listens in

all the motive in the world, for the culprits to try to remove Charlotte, as a witness to much of this, from the picture, and to prevent her giving testimony at court. All aside

breaks in. “So why have they not simply murdered

He’s right….

the usual

are we not burying Charlotte

fends him off, raising his hand. “I’m coming to

He looks guilty….

…. Why?