Chapter 47
He limped up the driveway four days later as though he’d never been away; the gate sliding closed behind him.
Emma knew he’d return as soon as the news broke that Scotland Yard had raided a building in London, believed to be the offices of a firm engaged in a financial fraud of epic proportions. The newsreader on the teatime broadcast stood outside the familiar brick building with her microphone, burbling away with her accounts of hearsay and speculation as Emma watched police officers carry out computers and boxes filled with records and files.
“The pensions underwriter for Andover Finance toppled yesterday bringing the pound crashing to its knees on the stock market. A series of questionable decisions by the trustees last year led to a hostile takeover by a finance company.
