At the last two meetings the barrister and legal assistant were joined by a consultant called Hugh, whose profession was not at first explained (‘ Just call me Hugh,’ he said enigmatically). It transpired that he was a former intelligence officer, now a kidnap negotiator and counsellor. We were told that an anonymous (but evidently very generous) donor had set aside a considerable sum of money for us to put towards the cost of hiring a private-investigation company if we wished. Hugh had been ...
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