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10:15 a.m.
‘Darren?’
‘Sophie! Where the hell have you been?’
‘Well… I’ve been away… but listen, Darren,’ she rushed on. ‘Are you quite sure it’s true what you said in the paper this morning – I mean about Marcus’s father giving the Ramlis the go-ahead to execute that man Goss?’
‘Quite sure, Sophie, it’s all here in a video file. Good quality footage too. But I say, Sophie?’
Too late! Sophie had terminated the call without waiting for more, and for the second time in quarter of an hour Chapman felt the frustration of a dead line. He tried to call back but Sophie wasn’t answering. What the hell was going on?