*****

I wait until I am sure and then press the button below my desk. Then I tap onto the intercom. “Francis, is Mr Alexanders there?”

“He is, Kirstie, I’ll pass you through.”

“Hello, Kirstie. What can I do for you? Is this connected to the message that just came to my phone?”

“Yes, there’s a man in the cafe over the road, and he’s watching this building; everyone that comes in and out. I thought it was my imagination at first, but he’s definitely watching.”

“I’m on my way.”

Within two minutes, the elevator doors open and James steps out, making a point I think, of walking deliberately casually. He leans against my desk, his back to the front windows propping himself with arms folded, looking down at me as if he is simply chatting.

“Can you point him out to me, please.”

“He’s just left, while you were coming down. But I caught him on my phone camera.”

“Let me see.” He peers in at the two-inch image on my tiny screen.

“I’m sorry it’s not very good. I was trying not to be conspicuous about it and I couldn’t hold the phone still very easily.”

“Don’t worry about that, Kirstie. Email it to me and I’ll take a proper look at it.”

“Can you do anything with it? I don’t know much about this image-enhancing stuff.”

“No, but I do.”

“You do?”

He glances askance at me. “There’s a reason that I’m the Technical Director here, you know.”

you

*****

James’ laptop, a grainy shot of a busy

point him out

face of a fair-haired man seated

the image is

jabs at keys and the image tightens, resolving into a recognisable face.” He rubs his

know

How long was

I noticed. I thought I was imagining things at first, but after a while I was sure

Kirstie; very well. May I

“My phone?”

he holds

my mobile across to him. He glances at it, back and front, looking unimpressed, then says “Unlock it please.” As I

return it to him. He taps the screen, running through menus. After only a few moments, he comments,

a bit deeper than mine, Sir. I bought the phone

apologies, Kirstie. I meant no offence. Of course, you buy what you can afford, but in this case, given the excellent work you did this morning, I want you to have the equipment to match

“Er, no….”

???

think so. I’ll get something ordered for you with a decent camera and a lot more memory. I’d like to

what was being used on the desk when I started the job, to book visitors

no, on second thoughts, it would look a bit odd for me to be sitting at the reception desk….” He

on the door: Francis, looking at me curiously, the lobby laptop

James, “What’s the

“kirstie-01”

glances at me askance. “I think we can improve on that as a password, wouldn’t

never really thought about it. I didn’t think the information in there was

may change,” he comments, jabbing

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