Their eyes met and Harriet swallowed.
“This way we can approach each other on neutral ground.”
“What if there is nothing in the safe?” Helga looked at the door, “I do not know what is in the safe, it might be of no value.”
“The deal will still stand,” she reached out and took her hand, “I did not agree to bring you here without at least extracting that promise from him.”
“Do you trust him?”
“He works for the State Department and while they can be secretive, too much information is a dangerous thing and he knows the consequences if he goes back on his word,” she stared into her eyes, “I have all kinds of things tucked away in my memory.”
Helga felt as if time stood still and in a moment in time she saw herself standing betwixt two worlds, the country where every word spoken in haste c
