“It was past 9.30 a.m., now, but the building was still closed to the world, with steel shutters down over the sliding doors of the front entrance and three police cars parked in a row outside. She rang the bell a few times without eliciting any response at all. Then she went around the back of the building, found the staff entrance that Rush had mentioned and hammered on the steel-plated door as loud as she could.Eventually, the racket produced a result. There was a rattling of keys from inside... the door. It swung open and a uniformed guard stared blankly at Kennedy from the inside. ‘This is the staff entrance,’ he said coldly.She stepped in past him without giving him time to react. ‘I’m on staff,’ she said. ‘I work for Professor Gassan.’‘ID, please,’ the guard demanded belatedly.Kennedy showed her driver’s licence.‘I mean, internal ID. Are you on our system? If not—’‘I’ll vouch for her,’ Ben Rush said, walking up to join them in the narrow service corridor.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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