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Contents ( 84)
  1. ONE
  2. TWO
  3. THREE
  4. FOUR
  5. FIVE
  6. SIX
  7. SEVEN
  8. EIGHT
  9. NINE
  10. TEN
  11. ELEVEN
  12. TWELVE
  13. THIRTEEN
  14. FOURTEEN
  15. FIFTEEN
  16. SIXTEEN
  17. SEVENTEEN
  18. EIGHTEEN
  19. NINETEEN
  20. TWENTY
  21. TWENTY-ONE
  22. TWENTY-TWO
  23. TWENTY-THREE
  24. TWENTY-FOUR
  25. TWENTY-FIVE
  26. TWENTY-SIX
  27. TWENTY-SEVEN
  28. TWENTY-EIGHT
  29. TWENTY-NINE
  30. THIRTY
  31. THIRTY-ONE
  32. THIRTY-TWO
  33. THIRTY-THREE
  34. THIRTY-FOUR
  35. THIRTY-FIVE
  36. THIRTY-SIX
  37. THIRTY-SEVEN
  38. THIRTY-EIGHT
  39. THIRTY-NINE
  40. FORTY
  41. FORTY-ONE
  42. FORTY-TWO
  43. FORTY-THREE
  44. FORTY-FOUR
  45. FORTY-FIVE
  46. FORTY-SIX
  47. FORTY-SEVEN
  48. FORTY-EIGHT
  49. FORTY-NINE
  50. FIFTY
  51. FIFTY-ONE
  52. FIFTY-TWO
  53. FIFTY-THREE
  54. FIFTY-FOUR
  55. FIFTY-FIVE
  56. FIFTY-SIX
  57. FIFTY-SEVEN
  58. FIFTY-EIGHT
  59. FIFTY-NINE
  60. SIXTY
  61. SIXTY-ONE
  62. SIXTY-TWO
  63. SIXTY-THREE
  64. SIXTY-FOUR
  65. SIXTY-FIVE
  66. SIXTY-SIX
  67. SIXTY-SEVEN
  68. SIXTY-EIGHT
  69. SIXTY-NINE
  70. SEVENTY
  71. SEVENTY-ONE
  72. SEVENTY-TWO
  73. SEVENTY-THREE
  74. SEVENTY-FOUR
  75. SEVENTY-FIVE
  76. SEVENTY-SIX
  77. SEVENTY-SEVEN
  78. SEVENTY-EIGHT
  79. SEVENTY-NINE
  80. EIGHTY
  81. EIGHTY-ONE
  82. EIGHTY-TWO
  83. EIGHTY-THREE
  84. Acknowledgements

‘But you still took it to Elizabeth?’

‘Elizabeth was my . . . my superior. I thought she . . . she needed to know . . . no matter . . . no matter how unlikely.’

Quilty’s voice was weakening again. Dempsey gave him a few moments to regain his breath.

‘Elizabeth didn’t believe . . . didn’t believe it either. Not for a . . . moment. She went to Knowles with it. She didn’t go into . . . into any . . . any detail with . . . with Knowles, she told me. Just very . . . bare bones. And she didn’t name me as . . . as her source.

‘Elizabeth told me that Knowles . . . Knowles laughed it off. Exactly . . . like we both . . . both thought he would. Didn’t even . . . even want to know any more . . . detail. Which put an end . . . to it . . . for us. But then . . . a short . . . short time later . . . Elizabeth was . . . was removed from her . . . position and moved to . . . to . . . to the ISB. Without . . . any . . . explanation.’

Quilty was visibly tiring now. Dempsey could see he wouldn’t get much more from him today.

‘Elizabeth told me that since that day she has never had another conversation with President Knowles,’ Dempsey said.

‘She would know that . . . better than me. All I can say is . . . Elizabeth was moved out of Knowles’ . . . Knowles’ circle very . . . very quickly. No more . . . no more direct access. That’s what made me . . . wonder if there was some truth to it.’

Dempsey nodded. It was exactly as Elizabeth Kirk had described. But that had been where her story had stopped. She had sent Dempsey here to find out if Tom knew anything more.

‘Did you ever investigate any further?’

‘Investigate?’ Quilty laughed. A horrible, hacking expression of humour. ‘Son, I’m in no state to be . . . to be investigating . . . anything. I was already getting . . . getting sick when it all happened. But I made a few more . . . a few more . . . enquiries, yes.’

‘And?’

‘And nothing. Still . . . only that one . . . only that one contact had heard about any of this. But then . . . then . . . Dale Victor.’

The mention of Victor brought Dempsey to his next question.

‘What about Victor? What does he have to do with any of this?’

‘I . . . I . . . spoke . . . I spoke to . . .’

Quilty was trailing off. Dempsey had to speed this up.

‘You spoke to Victor?’

‘I spoke to someone who . . . who worked for him. They . . . they contacted me. Maybe . . . one month . . . ago. Asking questions about that . . . mission.’