This nine to five position gave Ray more free time. Discreet investigations revealed that Martin had been out of the office and unaccountable for much of the past month. Had he been snooping in Pen Crags, or training for a new undercover role? On the few occasions they had worked on a case together his colleague had been noticeably tight-lipped. The more Ray learned about the possibility of Martin"s double life, the more confused he became.
Ray knew his former colleague"s parents had divorced a few years earlier and were living with new partners, the mother in Aberdeen and the father in Nice. When Ray phoned them they told him they hadn"t heard from Martin since late-October, when their regular weekly Skype calls ceased without any explanation. This was completely out of character. Martin
