Chapter 69

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“Mr. Stanley to see you, sir.”

“Send him in, Ms. Parker.” I rose and went to the door. “Stanley.” I didn’t tell him I would have gone up to his office. He didn’t like anyone thinking he couldn’t pull his weight and would have snarled something like, “What? You think I can’t handle a fucking flight of stairs?”

“Vincent.” He limped into my office, dropped some papers on my desk, and leaned heavily on his cane.

“What’s up?”

“I know you wanted to be kept in the loop. God knows you’ve been calling me enough about it,” he muttered under his breath. “One of my people reported back. Turns outit’s a very covert organization in Europe.”

“Does this organization have a name?”