‘I was frightened Dubette might have invoked the confidentiality clause.’
‘And get even worse publicity? They wouldn’t have dared, once I’d got it all out.’
‘Seems like some of the media descriptions fit.’
‘There are some changes I want to make. I don’t see any reason to keep Barbara Spacey. Or Russell Benn.’
‘There’s some coverage of the woman’s special assessments, for Grant.’
‘He had what amounted to a manual for a blackmailer. Or a control freak. I guess he was a combination of both. You know what Barbara Spacey’s real psychological assessment was of me? I was supremely arrogant, unlikely ever to adjust to the Dubette management and work system and someone likely to be a continuing unsettling influence at McLean.’
‘Ain’t that the truth!’ said Beverley.
‘When the FBI are through with all of it, I’m going to have every single assessment destroyed.’
‘If you’re going to take the job, you’ll be staying?’
‘If you’ll have me.’
‘That wasn’t quite my question,’ said Beverley.
‘Answer mine.’
‘If you’ll have me.’
‘You ever going to tell me what went wrong between you and Barry?’
‘No. That’s his business – his problem – not yours.’
‘How do you know it won’t happen with us?’
‘We make love, don’t we?’