“It’s my understanding this club primarily operates in the evening,” Nikolai said, glancing out the window into the interrogation room where they’d brought in the next detainee. “If we’re going to pursue this line of investigation, it will have to wait until then. In the meantime, Sergei, you’re going to need to finish the interviews. If Valentina and Yuri are going to visit this club, they need to stay away from the rest of the investigation until then. I don’t want their identities to become compromised.”
When Sergei frowned, Valentina placed her hand on his chest again. “Lars has agreed to pretend to hold the truth barrier for you. It should speed everything up.”
Sergei gave Lars a questioning look and the other man nodded. “I doubt I’ll be as effective as Valentina was, but you won’t
