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BUILDED ATTRACTION 15

AT EIGHT THIRTY the next morning Clare’s phone rang, waking her from a deep and apparently dreamless sleep. It was Bridget Goldsmith.

‘Look Clare, I'm sorry to ask you to do this but I need you to come to Paris this morning. We've got to go over some problems with Claude.’

‘Fine. It’s an hour ahead, right? I suppose I can be there by midday.’ Her mind had snapped into gear.

'Come straight to the office. We'll be waiting.’

'Fine.’

Clare rolled out of bed and into the bath. In fifteen minutes she was dressed in a smart, lightweight grey suit. She drove her car to the airport, left it in the short-term car park and bought a club-class ticket to Paris on the first available flight.

There was a thirty-minute wait. In the lounge she dialled her secretary's home number on her mobile phone and told her of the change of plans, asking her to call the French office and arrange for a car to meet her flight.

She called Gary’s home. She hoped he’d be free tonight. She badly wanted to see him
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