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"Let's analyze the case Her faults She didn't follow instructions too well"

Paul looked straight into Malcolm's eyes He said, "No, she went to the beach once-and that saved her life"

"She established a relationship with a stranger Thata pencil between two fingers

"That's true" Paul became pensive "She must have felt lonely…"

"Let's leave out the reason, Paul," Malcolm snapped "The reason is immaterial The facts are what count"

"She didn't do -"

"Okay, I knohat you s, then"

"I'd say, Malcolm, that we have been-that-that we haven't been adequate Now I found the correct word We recommended two people who, after months of protection, were lured into a conspiracy to eli his office "We don't know about Edda Not for sure She helped Tanya to get away That's a fact But there were two tickets to Rio de Janeiro Two air tickets So-she reed, to some extent Then Charles Aldrin-I still can't believe Charles would do anything of that sort"

"He was a forent That was no recommendation at all," Paul said

"Tanya needed an experienced and resourceful bodyguard" Malcolm stopped in front of Paul "I had little choice I had to find soether, they ood team"

"I understand Nevertheless-Oh, Edda Is she still alive?" Paul asked

"No She died without regaining consciousness ThisThat's why I was late"

"No leads there, then" Paul said sighing

"No End of the line Who can have contacted Charles?" Malcolainst his desk, in front of Paul "Charles and Edda were in contact with us, the Italian police, and Mr Matwin Basically, nobody else"

"There must be a connection, so to do with Tanya's past? Or with Mr Matwin?" Malcol Paul The pencil between his fingers swung faster and faster

"Mr Matwin showed up only recently The attempts on Tanya's life started before But we can examine both possibilities Any hunches about Kevin?"

"I don't trust that lover boy He's a suspect in ravely "And not ain his attitude toward Tanya which doesn't convince me" He raised his eyebrows "He's accustoirl with no sophistication at all The way she dresses, her hair style, the speed at which she gobbles up food-she would never fit in his social environ on the floor Nobody bothered to pick it up Both Malcol