condensed master

The Reluctant Agent
A Compelling Story of Espionage
details of exactly what happened from start to finish. Margaret walked back
to her chair and sat down, her face lifeless.
"He had an accomplice."
She stood up again a look of astonishment on her face. "There's more
then. Is he dead too?"
"No, he chased me down the mountain in a black Mercedes." Will reached
into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and passed it over to her "that's
the registration number." Margaret leaned forward in anticipation. "He forced
me off the road and I ploughed through the bush before hitting a tree. He was
about to finish what Dan had tried to do, but he was disturbed."
Margaret slumped back into her chair and Will waited for her to respond.
Neither party spoke as they attempted to come to grips with what had
happened.
"Don't worry about Dan, we can sort that out without any trouble.
Regarding his accomplice, I know who that will be. You won't have any further
trouble with him."
Will's mind was now beginning to take over and he was thinking logically
again. "Why did you ask for Dan? You knew he was around, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me, he could have harmed my family!"
"We thought we had everything under control. I had your family under
surveillance."
"All the family?"
"Yes, the children were okay but there was someone paying your wife a
lot of attention at the office. There could have been some connection with Dan.
I thought he was trying to gain her confidence and then do her some harm, so
I had him followed."
"Well?"
"It was nothing, he had no connection and we lost valuable time in the
process, allowing Dan to get to you. I'm sorry Will."
Confusion set in, and Will felt the full force of the realization that his earlier
predictions about his family's involvement, had very nearly come true.
"Did Dorothy know what was going on?"
"No."
"Thank God for that. This is the final straw, I'm going to have to do
something dramatic to get things back to normal. I can't carry on like this!"
There was a commotion outside and Margaret moved towards the door.
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