‘Resource wise, not a lot. We can access computer equipment and there are about half a dozen people I figure might help out at short notice. But you say you don’t want anyone involved … Nathan, the two of us can only do so much.’ Nathan paced, his forehead deeply furrowed. ‘We have to assume that we can’t trust anyone,’ he said. ‘That everything is compromised.’ ‘You’re trusting me,’ Gregory pointed out. ‘A lot of people would think you are off your head for doing that. And you can trust Annie.’ ‘No, leave Annie out of this. I’ve almost got Bob killed once; I’m not about to risk that again.’ ‘As I remember it, that wasn’t exactly your fault, and besides, that’s for her to decide, not you.’ Nathan waved his words away. ‘I still have contacts,’ Gregory said. ‘So do you. Anything we get we treat with extreme prejudice, check it out before we move, but like I say, we can’t cover the ground alone.’ Nathan dropped into the old armchair beside the bed.
