Marquez and Gioradze met at the bar in Orly airport. It had been several weeks since they had last seen each other and in the intervening time they"d both separately been planning for the next phase of the operation. Each looked healthy and fit and to the casual observer, they could have been taken for two travelling sales representatives, wearing business suits, winter coats and carrying briefcases.
Their strategy had worked perfectly. Take out the less noticeable Russian agents first; in this case a junior diplomat of no regard, a banker with no profile and a businessman hardly anyone was aware of, so that they could move relatively unhindered against the most prominent targets.
Over the past few weeks neither had returned to their home addresses, instead preferring to stay in out of t
