I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. That’s how people are.I was shaking like a leaf. I was trapped in place by that desperate stare. Trapped in plac... by my own cowardice. Trapped in place by my own terror. She needed to be rescued and I could do nothing. I felt so useless. I’m so pathetic.Another huge man stepped through the door. I squeaked in terror and tried to disappear backwards through the wall behind me.It was the father. He looked back and forth between Bec and me. He glared at me like he. While I have the highest regard for you personally, sir, I cannot forgive the actions of the service now under your supervision. I have no confidence in the Director General of MI5 and must, therefore, inform you that neither my company nor I personally will have anything further to do with them. Yours sincerely, etc. Type that up for me to sign and have it couriered to the Home Office marked urgent. And don’t let Dan’s secretary know what you’re doing.”She gave me an ‘are you really sure’. They were not following directions, but I also knew that if they thought they were on the edge of something, they would continue until it either proved impossible or it was a reality.I went for my cart and rode straight to the lab. The security guard rolled his eyes when I asked if they had asked for breakfast.I observed four men inside the programming room, Sandy and his three programmers sitting, staring at a screen that showed a continuous string of dots. That meant that a program they had. She waited at what was probably not a safe distance for the bomb squad to show up while I stayed with the suspected bomber. It was half an hour before the full bomb squad showed up, but there were regular policemen around to cordon off the area until they did arrive. There were cops that we knew in those who did show up, so we were able to leave without a big hassle. As usual, Nancy promised to drop by headquarters the next day to take care of the official paperwork.I was sitting with our.