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“Yes, actually See what you can find out about a company called Consolidated Enterprises”

“Are they American?”

“I read so that said they were based in New York, but we just saw six of them here”

“I’ll get on it”

“Thanks, Sel us And if they’ve already spotted Albrecht, we ht have a problem He’s so paranoid, he may have decided to walk to France to throw them off”

“I’ll let you knoho and what they are”

“Good night, Selma” Remi put her phone back into her purse and turned to Sa Any other ideas?”

“Well, you can either stay here keeping your beauty pristine or you can put on soo with me to see if we can find him”

She shrugged “I guess I’ve already shownto impress Take one last look before I put on a pair of jeans and sneakers”

“Sorry”

She kicked off her high heels and opened the serator, selected a chocolate bar, and took a bite “Here Have soave him the bar, then turned around so he could unzip her dress

A fewUnter den Linden toward Humboldt University The streets were full of people—locals and tourists—enjoying the beautiful walk beneath the double row of linden trees on an early-suht The fourth time Sam looked over his shoulder at the ay behind them he said, “I don’t see our stalkers”

Remi said, “They probably knee had a dinner reservation at a Michelin-starred restaurant and figured we’d be accounted for over the next three hours”

“Are you getting worried?”

“More and more,” she said “Albrecht Fischer isn’t an absent an acadeether s with very little to go on He doesn’t ask friends to coet they’re here”