Logan turned his back on the noise. ‘Sorry, I didn’t get that, Derek. Can you repeat?’ A sigh. ‘I said, there’s no sign of her. Border Agency have got no record of her passport being scanned on the way out of the country. Theoretically, she could have travelled to another EU country using her driving licence as photo ID and flown out from there, but there’s no record of an Electronic Travel Authority being issued to let her into Australia.’ Alex Williams stared out at him from the back of the Big Car, wearing a black eye and a pout. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it, it’ll never happen again. We love each other. ‘So Kevin Spinney’s mother never went to Australia.’ ‘Not unless she’s got forged papers, no. Now, I think I’ve fulfilled my obligation, don’t you?’ ‘Thanks, Derek.’ ‘Don’t mention it. Please. Don’t mention it to anyone.’ He hung up. Steel grumbled her way out of the house, on the phone to someone. ‘No, it … She shouldn’t have been let out in the first place.
