Keeping a healthy distance, looking as if you’re busy, acting as if you belong where you are and that the very last thing you are doing is following someone else. You have to keep your target in sight at all times, while at the same time you have to act like your target barely even exists. Of course I know all this. I was trained for it. I followed people, had people follow me. I know what to do when I’m working a tail. Likewise, I know what to look for when someone is tailing me. Which two men are doing right now, following me and the kids toward the orange line train. They’re not together, these men, which may be what makes them even more conspicuous. One is wearing a business suit, carrying a briefcase in one hand while he looks at his Blackberry in the other. The other is in blue jeans and a T-shirt, a baseball cap on his head. He’s carrying a copy of the Post. Both men are wearing Bluetooth headsets. Both are keeping their distance from me as well as from each other. How do I know for certain these two are following us?
