Solomon went to check in, and Spencer headed for the exit.
– Where are we going sir? – the cab driver asked him.
– To St. Paul's Hospital, – Spencer replied, – please, stop at some flower shop.
The cab rolled back to London.
Spencer entered the hospital, went up to the third floor and approached a room with armed guards at the door.
– How was she? – he asked the guards.
–Fine, sir.
Spencer quietly entered the room and placed a bouquet of flowers on the bedside table. The patient lay with back to him, but disturbed by the smell of the flowers, he turned to face. It was Yesenia.
– How are you today? – Spencer inquired.
It was as if Yesenia had not heard his question.
– Did he fly away? – her eyes were full of tears.
Spencer nodded yes.
– You still haven't told him?
Spencer shook his head negatively.
Yesenia sobbed quietly.
– Stop your hysterics, Agent Yesenia! – ordered Spencer sternly, and then added more gently, -Understand, I was acting in your best interests. Until the trial of the criminals takes place you, the undercover agent infiltrated, must not be exposed.
– Even him?
– Even him.
– But he's gone. You could have at least hinted that I was alive.
– No, I couldn't. Solomon is an unpredictable man, who knows what his reaction would be if he knew you were alive. He might not have gone to the airport, he might have turned back to London.
– That's exactly what would have happened.
– The case is done, a large transnational criminal group was arrested, dealing in drugs, weapons and kidnapping. You and Solomon played a huge role in exposing them.
–The role of bait, really?
– Don't call things by their proper names,– Spencer said in a philosophical tone, -who'd have thought the Solomon would get out of hand at the end of the operation and run off the ship, James Bond style. I'm not even talking about the incident on the “London Eye”. This is your fault! How could you, an experienced agent, give in to emotion and rush to meet him at the most important moment, without consulting us! You almost blew the whole operation. Thank God, you only got away with those injuries.
– You should have told me that you were going to put his life at risk.
– We had no other choice. We had to take that risk to get hard evidence against the perpetrators.
– He could have been killed.
– That was out of the question. We had calculated everything beforehand. What's the point of kidnapping and killing a valuable specialist at the same time? As you can see, we were right.
