CASH & CREDIT 5

“Let’s pull him in,” said the Chief, moving decisively away from the video screen and the figure flitting through the dark streets depicted there.

Susan was startled.

“But I thought you said that we didn’t want to let them know that we were on to them?”

The Chief smiled at her warmly. It was true that he had opposed Susan’s early requests to move against the system. He realised that it must seem to Susan as if he was almost opposing everything she said for the sake of it.

“I still don’t want to alert them Susan, and I didn’t disagree with your ideas at all. It’s just that we have to let events keep pace with us, not the other way round. What we’ll do is keep it low key, pull this little cretin in quietly, as if it was merely routine. Lowlifes like him expect to be pulled, and it will come as no surprise to his paymasters either”. He smiled at her again, hoping to reassure her insecurities, and was rewarded with the warm look he saw in her eyes.