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certain
though.’
    ‘ Keep it. Now, it’s your
turn to spill the beans. Why are you after ‘Mr. Nice Guy’, Sergei
Abromovski?’
    ‘ You told me you’re aware of
our deadline, how?’
    ‘ Don’t you trust me,
Inspector?’
    ‘ It’s not that, it’s
just…’
    ‘ I know. You have a mole in
your team.’
    ‘ I think so, but
how…’
    ‘ Lucky guess...’
    ‘ And I’m supposed to believe
that?’
    ‘ Well, let’s analyse it: DS
Pete Childs, your partner, is dead. This Unicorn guy has escaped
your clutches, yet again. And, escaped in the nick of time, despite
him being cornered, correct?’
    Lorne nodded. With everything he’d said since
she’d first spoken to him it’s obvious these guys know all there is
to know about her and probably about everyone on the Met, too.
    ‘ The whole scenario stinks
of insider information.’ Warner continued, ‘Take it from someone
who knows, I’m a professional spy after all, any ideas on the
mole’s identity?’
    ‘ Negative. Everything is
pure conjecture at this point and with this damn deadline hanging
over us…finding the mole is low down on our list of
priorities.’
    ‘ It should be your first!
Sod the deadline. The mole must be flushed out.’
    ‘ But…’
    ‘ Look, think logically about
this, Inspector. Do you want The Unicorn to remain one step ahead
of you?’
    ‘ Of course not…’
    ‘ Right, how many officers do
you have on your team?’
    ‘ Um… twenty.’ His theory had blown her concentration
- Find the mole
first!
    ‘ And how many can you
honestly say you trust?’
    That’s the second time that question had
cropped up today and she still didn’t have the foggiest idea.
    ‘ I take it your silence
doesn’t give a vote of confidence to any of them? A good starting
point, otherwise, the very one you are sure it isn’t will turn out
to be the one it is and you will have missed the clues pointing to
them.’
    Her stomach churned. Christ, if she couldn’t
trust her colleagues, then who in this Goddamn twisted world could
she trust?
    He carried on
in the same vein, asking her questions, any new recruits, anyone
seem more flush than usual, anyone not acting how they normally
did, or found in places they shouldn’t be and so on and so on. He
jotted names down into lists as she spoke. She began to feel
uncomfortable.
    ‘ What’s this all about, why
so much interest?’
    ‘ I’m going to do some
digging for you.’
    ‘ Why?’
    ‘ Because I’m a nice kind of
guy and I’m at a loose end at the moment. Whilst you have a
deadline to meet.’
    An MI6 agent at a loose end, that’d be the
day! Is it wise to trust him? But then, what other option did she
have?
    ‘ That’s nice of
you…’
    "I sense a, ‘but’…
    They stared long and hard into each other’s
eyes. Was it feasible to trust one another, given that they’d only
just met?
    She decided trusting him would be her best
option at the moment, so she outlined the plan she and the DCI had
regarding the get together that evening.
    He nodded his agreement, ‘Then what?’
    ‘ We start laying traps I
guess. Our plan is still in its infancy, we haven’t had time to
draw up anything concrete as yet.’
    ‘ This is what I suggest you
do…’
    He went into what he planned, besides his
digging into all their backgrounds and current finances, he wanted
to know about anyone who didn’t show that night, though he doubted
there would be any. His take was that they were dealing with
intelligent coppers and if Pete was as popular as she said, then
despite any other motive they may have, they wouldn’t want to risk
the animosity of their colleagues by disrespecting his send
off.
    ‘ When I have something, I’ll
get back to you and then you and the DCI can start laying traps and
let’s see if the one it’s nailed down to takes the cheese! Sound
good?’
    ‘ It’s good, but it goes
without saying I’ll need to run it past Chief Inspector Roberts.
Now tell me, what’s in it for you? Why