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rice, returning his sood woman will do that to a man”
And with that, Caprice said goodbye to Alex McCall, slipped on her dark black Gucci shades, and walked out of the pub, ready to board the next flight to Naples Caprice hoped to never lay foot in London again
After Caprice left, Alex sat in the pub awhile longer, thinking He ordered a whisky, histhe pieces of the puzzle together Sergio Rossi was the son of a big-tiio hiio had been in London last week Sergio had said his name, Alex’s name, io was in London - to kill hiio Rossi, and why? That was the question that was racking Alex’s brain
Alex thought back to the night he killed Sergio’s father, Vincent Rossi He reht He closed his eyes, theso caler He could still see Vincent Rossi falling dead to the ground, his back covered in blood And the fear - Alex recalled the fear and horror in Nick Stone’s eyes, his old partner at MI-5
That fear never left Nick’s eyes Alex rerew in Nick, like a cancer eating him from the inside out Alex could still feel the heartbreak of seeing Nick in the psychiatric hospital, drugged to the gills, a shell of the man he once was
Alex sat at the table, sipping his whisky, his mind on Nick Stone He never knehat happened to Nick Alex’s own life spiraled out of control shortly after, with the death of Michelle A few years later, Alex took off, drifting fro to escape his own demons
Alex would need to find Nick Stone He was the only other person directly involved in the Vincent Rossi case Alex finished his drink, and walked outside to the hustle and bustle of the city He would call his old associate, Fred Langley Fred was head of as nickna and Track Unit at MI-5 Officially it was called FO-6, Former Operatives Unit 6, which tracked and monitored former MI-5 operatives Supposedly, the unit was interested in for sure no former employees went haywire and caused trouble for MI-5 Hopefully, Fred would know Nick’s whereabouts
Alex walked along the sidewalk, with no particular destination in ure all of this out He had to, he told himself What kind of future would he and Katherine have if he didn’t get to the bottoio Rossi’s killer and, once and for all, put his past behind him
Alex walked ho it would be best to make this call in the total privacy of his own home Alex sat down in his study and pulled out his phone He dialed Fred Langley’s direct number
“Fred Langley,” the voice on the other end of the line said
“Fred, its Alex Alex McCall I know it’s been awhile, but -”
“Alex McCall! Holy shit! I can’t believe it’s you!” Fred burst out, unable to believe what he was hearing Fred always thought Alex was one of the best field operatives MI-5 ever had
“Hello, Fred Yeah, it’s really me How are you?” Alex asked
“I’ well And you? How’s the hotel business?”
Alex chuckled “Not too bad, not too bad Listen, Fred, I need to ask you a favor Can you look up someone for me? It’s important”