Chapter Four
EMERALD had been in play for almost three weeks when it was her third and final meeting with her case officer, the bombastic 'Mr West'.
It had been the usual set of rules; Grant would collect her from a meeting point and drop her at the safe house in Fuggerstrasse. EMERALD had seemed more confident as each meeting progressed and, regardless of how she appeared, Grant always gave her the final pep talk: I'll be right outside, watching your back, I'll come if you need me.
The room had an audio listening device in it that was linked to the two-way radio in the car, and while it was not clear enough for him to hear the conversation between the SIS man and EMERALD, there was enough of a narrative that he could be alerted in case of trouble.
Jack Grant sat in the car and pretend
