Leo MARK
Thomas parked the car in one of the outside parking spaces belonging to the big house on the corner, grabbed their bags and went towards the front door with his daughter. He pressed the interphone and as soon as he took his finger off the button, the door opened. George had seen them coming some time ago. The senator had installed a number of security cameras, covering all the outside of the house, as well as sensors which gave warning if anyone stepped on the pavement in front of the house. Even though he lived in a peaceful neighborhood, and had military training and an arsenal to turn any arms fanatic green with envy, the senator was even more of a security freak; of course, both his political status and his secret identity called for the maximum precautions. If their enemies were capable of killing even presidents who were protected by men of the secret service and a solid security scheme, what chance had a mere senator? ‘Sarah, my dear, what a nice surprise!’ exclaimed the doting grandfather. ‘Hi, grandpa, I’ve missed you!’ said Sarah, planting a noisy kiss on her grandfather’s pink cheek. ‘Your father forgot to mention you’d be coming with him. I´ll ask them to set a place for you at table. Please come in and make yourselves at home.’ ‘Oh, grandpa, you know Daddy. Absent-minded isn’t the word.’ ‘But it’s good you´ve come, now I can kill two birds with one stone. What I want to talk to your father about concerns you directly.’ ‘Really? Now you have got me wondering. Tell me at once.’ 64