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RAF Fairborough, Oxfordshire – Three Minutes Later
‘Zero Seven to Alpha Four. Trainer has left the perimeter. Tail her and detain her.’
‘Alpha Four to Zero Seven,’ Rafi said. ‘Negative. I am just fixing the product.’ He sounded preternaturally calm. ‘One thing at a time, Zero Seven.’
‘Alpha Four – it’s daylight with Trainer.’
‘What?’ Rafi said. ‘I can’t leave this, really not... not even for a few minutes.’
‘Understood.’
Eli walked across the decking that had been laid across the ground between the stalls. People were all over the place, right and left and straight ahead. Breaking into a jog, Eli realised how out of condition he was, but there was Sweetbait ahead of him; standing by a hat stand looking lost and out of place. Before he drew up to her Eli wiped the sweat off his fa
