Hiding in Plain Sight (2005)
“Thompson arranged for me to start at NUTEC the very next day. She still had two more weeks off for her regular vacation time, although she didn’t even know if she’d be able to go back when that time was up. She’d talked to the owners but they hadn’t said much one way or the other.
“I got the impression they were hoping the police would have something solid by the end of my holidays,” she told me, “so that if I did it, they could let me go without looking as though they were jumping the gun.
“Si...nce I may not be going back at all, I’d better get you in there right away, while I still have some authority.”
“You won’t tell anyone why I’m coming, though, right?” I asked.
“Oh, I trust the people I work with,” Mrs. Thompson said. It sounded as though she was trying to persuade herself as much as me. “I don’t believe for a minute that this is an inside job. But I won’t let them know what you’re doing there. As far as anyone is concerned, you’ll just be a student working through a summer employment project.”MoreLess
“I got the impression they were hoping the police would have something solid by the end of my holidays,” she told me, “so that if I did it, they could let me go without looking as though they were jumping the gun.
“Si...nce I may not be going back at all, I’d better get you in there right away, while I still have some authority.”
“You won’t tell anyone why I’m coming, though, right?” I asked.
“Oh, I trust the people I work with,” Mrs. Thompson said. It sounded as though she was trying to persuade herself as much as me. “I don’t believe for a minute that this is an inside job. But I won’t let them know what you’re doing there. As far as anyone is concerned, you’ll just be a student working through a summer employment project.”MoreLess
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