9: The Interview
‘BOSS, HE’S HERE,’ ONE of the lads announced as he was walking down the hall to Bob Baker’s office.
The head guy got up angrily to confront White as he walked in five hours after he had said he was “coming soon.”
‘Good of you to turn up,’ he said. ‘I will talk to you later. First, you go have a heart-to-heart with Inspectors Greene and Field. Interview room number one. Do I have to escort you?’
White swiped his hands over his face, moved his head around to get the creaks out of his neck.
‘No, boss,’ he said finally. ‘I’m sure I’ll find it.’
He momentarily stood outside the door of room one, took a couple of deep breaths to slow his heart rate. Slowly, he turned the doorknob. He entered the room expecting to see one person. There were two: one male and one female.
‘I
