Page 143 of Tell No One
“They’re probably put off by me singingIf You Go Down To The Woods Today.”
“Very likely.”
The other climbers had gone, and Adam pulled him in for a proper kiss. Tag melted against him. He hadn’t got Adam comfortable with public displays of affection, but he was getting there. He’d hold hands in public and Tag was happy with that.
“We’re okay, aren’t we?” Adam asked.
“A lot better than okay. We even have a few friends.”
“You have friends. I don’t.”
“Try smiling at people.”
“I only want to smile at you.”
“And Otto.”
“Oh God.” Adam laughed. “That bloody otter. I wish I’d never bought it.” He pushed to his feet. “Hard or easy way down?”
“Easy and I don’t mean abseiling. That’s easy for you, hard for me.”
They gathered up the ropes and set off on the walk back down to where they’d parked.
“I’ve had a message from Henry,” Adam said.
“He doesn’t want you to do a job for him, does he? Say no.”
“Everyone who was involved has now been sentenced.”
“Even Saad?”
“He’s been jailed for life as have the other main players. Twenty-year sentences. More for Norbury. There were a lot of charges against him. Not everything was heard in open court.”
“They won’t serve that length of time though.”
“Probably not.”
“What about the government’s relationship with Saudi Arabia?”
“No one is above the law. The story is that Ahsan has disappeared, possibly dead. If he and Rafiq are careful, they’ll not be found. Henry discovered a lot of prominent names in Norbury’s files. Undoubtedly people who were going to be blackmailed at some point, or who had already been blackmailed.”
“Maybe that was what it was all about.”
“I did see the name of a cabinet member.”
“Could be someone even more important than that. In another royal family.”
“We’ll never know.”
“Do you have work to do this afternoon?”
“I did what I needed to this morning.”
Adam worked from home making money from investments. Tag didn’t understand what he did but Adam enjoyed it and that was all that mattered.
“What about you?” Adam asked.
“Nothing that can’t wait.”
