We’ve been looking at Ms. Thomas for some time now and trying to find a way to get her into corporate HQ. Merlin just provided us with that. I sugge...t you start looking for a suitable replacement.” He turned back to Merlin. “Very well, Mr. Jacobs, I agree to your condition. How soon will you and Ms. Thomas be able to make the move?”“Well, I need a few days to wrap up things here, and of course I need to coordinate with Steffany. How about I call you in a day or two and give you our. She felt refreshed. She had been in the hotel for five hours. Another thirty minutes and she would be on the tube to St Pancras, one thousand pounds richer. He watched her dress. He kept her red lacy thong, a little memento. She had expected that. In her handbag she had another pair, which she would slip on in the lift. The Javelin train pulled out of St Pancras on time, and headed towards the coast. Her phone rang. Izzy. “How did it go, darling,” she asked.“Fine, it was fine,” Amanda replied.. “Enter,” I hollered back, holding my ID and badge out where he could see it.“Damn but you’re messy,” he laughed after he looked at the body on the stairs and at my ID. He introduced himself as Lt. Anders.“Look at the bright side. Cleanup and a burial cost a hell of a lot less than a trial and prison,” I shot back.“We cleared the outside, you got ‘em all,” he confirmed. I called Martine and she called the agent upstairs.Still, he came downstairs cautiously and alone, and then shook my hand. “We. I made no promises and said goodbye, signing off just as Ben appeared downstairs ready to go out.We had a really lovely evening down at the bar. Several of our friends were there, and Ben chatted easily with all of them. The story about him being one of Gary's old workmates seemed to go OK.Ray, my regular young lover, was too busy to chat with us too much, but at least Ben got to meet him. I suppose he was just curious. Gary stayed sober so that he could drive us home. Both Ben and I were happy.