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Tom opened the door as the doorbell rang for the second time, and was shocked to see Paul, flanked by police officers and what appeared to be another two plain-clothes detectives behind him.
“Paul, what the f**k just happened? Has Vlad been tipped?”
“I came as soon as I heard. And I have no idea who you are talking about, Tom,” Paul said, with a creased forehead and stern eyes. Then he urged the officers inside and pulled Tom out the door.
“Easy, boy,” Paul said. “Keep your tongue in check. Those cops think I am here because of your attaché status and that what happened is because of your new profile. The police will take statements and it will be filed and investigated as per usual on level one. But I hate to tell you this, we suspect this is level five.”
“I haven’t got time for c
