Forty-Three
The suspended members of the Office of State Supply Contracts Approval Committee convened for an informal meeting over coffee in Sonya Curtis’ apartment to prepare themselves, in direct contravention of the order issued by the Corruption Commissioner banning them from meeting prior to the start of his inquiry.
Helen Stein had picked up Mary Grant and Pam Watson in her son’s car, and driven them into the underground car park, before they’d entered the building through its rear entrance after buzzing Sonya to let them in.
‘How are we going to handle this?’ said Helen, as Sonya served hot carrot cake and coffee.
‘I’ve given this some thought,’ said Sonya, sitting at the table with them. ‘He needs a money trail or a trail of gifts or other perks provided to us to prove corrupti
