Agnes felt the need to get out of her room. Alan had suggested she should stay inside the hotel until he picked her up that evening. But she was beginning to feel trapped. Peering out of the window, she saw there were several people milling around on the quayside below. Surely, with so many people about, it would be safe for her to venture out. Even a walk around the outside of the hotel would be better than being a virtual prisoner in her room.
She was enjoying a glass of wine at one of the tables outside a café close to the Millennium Bridge when something above caught her eye. Looking up, she smiled when she saw a bird flying above the café. It was most likely looking for food dropped by people having lunch outside. But as she was about to turn away, she noticed someone leaning out of
