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Paddington, London – Three Days Later
Although they knew Wasim was in the Birmingham area, getting his exact location took a few days and gave Eli the opportunity to quietly work through his fury at Rafi’s undisciplined behaviour and arrogance. During the daily meetings he wrote and rewrote his resignation in his head, fantasised about Yuval’s expression and, finally, realised that the only person who would be damaged by him walking away was himself. And anybody he was trying to help. After all, he was the best spy runner in the organisation.
That day Eli was under additional pressure. At last they had an address for Sweetbait’s brother but before driving to Birmingham for a first look at Wasim, Eli had to debrief and rebrief Red Cap with the questions he’d brought back from Israel.
