She was pretty sure her mobile was being monitored too. So she went out, wearing unremarkable blue jeans and a dark T-shirt, carrying an H&M bag and trying to look casual. “Going to change this.” She waved it in the air. The policeman nodded. She heard the crackle of his radio. He said something, but she was too far away to hear. Would someone follow her?A young black man in jeans and a leather jacket got on the bus behind her. Claire took a surreptitious peek at him. Then she sprinted upstairs, checking over her shoulder for signs that he might follow her. He didn’t look like an undercover policeman… but what did one even look like?She slipped into a seat at the back of the bus and quickly tucked her hair up in a grey beanie hat. It would look odd, because it was hot outside, but her red hair was a dead giveaway if anyone was trailing her. Out of her backpack she took a checked shirt and slipped it on over her T-shirt. She put the H&M bag into the backpack and put the backpack into a black bin liner to disguise it.
