Episode 72 - The Other

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Episode 72 - The OtherMonte Carlo, France, 2 January I feel the scrutinising look of Monsieur Moreau, but keep staring into my coffee cup. I don’t want to lie or keep anything secret from him, yet still feel unable to completely open myself up to him. 'It seems your intuition has chosen a rather long-winded path for you, otherwise, we wouldn't be sitting here now,' he says. 'Well, it's just happened, I didn't mean it ... ' I mumble. A waiter comes up. Monsieur Moreau orders another espresso. Putting aside his cigar, he takes out a small notebook and writes something down in it. I relax a bit and decide that from now on I will tell him nothing but the truth, if, of course, he still wants to know it. 'Bon, mon ami [1],' Monsieur Moreau says, raising his eyes to me, 'shall we leave th

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