Chapter 25When Khalid left the hotel, he left alone. He didn’t want anyone to accompany him, to sit beside him in the car, to talk to him or to question his movements. He needed, above all else, to be alone. He had known all along that this moment would come. Louis and Terry, and a countless number of other innocent parties – such as Hassan – associated with Carmine, had relied on his instincts; they had trusted him implicitly and had demanded nothing in return. Benny was just another agent – a bit more talkative than most, perhaps, but if crossed, he could be as dangerous as Mark would be. Thinking about Mark, Khalid wondered how long it would take the man to figure out that Slimane was only some sort of figurehead – a ghost. On whose behalf was he acting? Had it been a mistake to put Ben
