Everything else was quiet. As I lay on my back, breathing quietly, my eyes shut, I was reminded of pirates. I’ve always liked pirates. Pirates never wear much clothing – or at least in the films I’ve seen – presumably because where they are it’s always warm. And it was jus...
We parted with no more than a brief good-bye. Georgie still looked terrified, and I couldn’t help wondering whether she was already regretting our meeting. If she could just hold fast to my plans, she would soon be able to begin a new life—without a guilty secret. I stood ...
By 5:00 a.m. local time—which was 10:00 a.m. London time—I was wide awake. I got out of bed and went to find my laptop. It was time to get to work. I turned it on and grabbed the folder Cazzie had given me. Carefully I perused the brief biographies she’d compiled for every...