Chapter Seven
Groff
Exactly four days from the time Ernst called his friend Gregory Casalo, Intelligence Specialist First Class, Jean M. Groff sat in Ernst’s spartan branch office in Heidelberg.
Von Holt was shocked when Groff entered his office. After a single follow-up conversation with Casalo, he expected a seasoned and perhaps a bit rough-looking, heavily experienced agent from the depths of Casalo’s apparently bottomless pool of experienced professionals, well schooled in handling international crime. So, Papa Ernst, as accustomed as he was to masking his thoughts and emotions, was nevertheless somewhat surprised when Lisle, his office administrator, showed a stunningly attractive, well dressed young woman into his office. Lisle handed Ernst Groff’s calling card, bowed slightly and
