Although he"d told Izzie Drake to arrange the operational conference for eight a.m. Andy Ross made sure he arrived at the station a half hour earlier. The two reasons for his early arrival followed him into the conference room soon after, and were closely followed by Drake, Ferris and McLennan, who may have been surprised to see two new faces in their midst, but waited for Ross to explain. After inviting all those present to be seated, Ross took up a position at the head of the grandly sounding, but actually quite functional and cheap wooden conference table, this being the city of Liverpool after all, not a gentlemen"s club in Mayfair. Various nods and quiet hellos were spoken and then, Ross gave a polite cough to catch everyone"s attention before speaking.
“Good morning, everyone,” he b
