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He went through the same objectives I had while in the shower, including the situation with Ehren. I was stunned when he also mentioned Schmid’s possible involvement.
Magnet, Rogue, Drachen, and I were on one team. Our assignment was physical canvassing, including visits to the two banks where we already knew Godwin had made deposits on behalf of AMPS and possibly the Calabrian Syndicate—Bank Julius Bär and Union Bank of Switzerland. We’d also visit Châteaux Relais.
A second team, made up of Reaper, Macht, Ares, and Flick, would be doing the same thing but visiting other financial institutions as well as St. Moritz establishments, including the ski areas, restaurants, and shops.
Poseidon and Oleander were tasked with delving deeper into Ehren and Schmid, while Verity, Zeppelin, Grey, and Fuchs ran the CCTV footage we already had through facial recognition. As more came in, they would do the same. Depending on what that turned up, they’d have the teams who remained in Shere join them in watching the footage in detail.
“This is odd,” Verity mumbled when I walked past her. While I didn’t think she was speaking directly to me, I stopped anyway.
“What’s that?” I asked.
“Take a look.” She pulled up two stills from the CCTV footage, so not very clear, particularly when enlarged.
“This is from Châteaux Relais, yes?”
“It is. What do you see?”
“Two men dressed in black suits, wearing hats, sunglasses, and black gloves.”
“Two or one?” she asked.
“They aren’t the same person.”
She sat back in her chair, then looked up at me. “That’s what I thought.”
“What’s this?” Zeppelin asked, kneeling next to Verity.
“What do you see when you look at these images side by side?” she asked him.
“Is that the bodyguard? Or should I say Xavier Vella?”
“It’s possible one is, but the other is not.” Ten more images filled the screen. They were shots captured in succession from the footage.
“Schön, what are your thoughts?”
“The one image could be a man, but the others are all of the same woman—dressed as a man.”
Zeppelin leaned in closer. “Bloody hell. That could be a woman, couldn’t it?”
Not could be. It was a woman; I was certain of it.
“Zep, I’d bet anything this is who was driving the vehicle the night we followed Godwin and his bodyguard.”
“Hey, Ares,” Zep called out. “We need more footage from your friends at the National Reconnaissance Office.”
While he and Ares chatted about the extra footage he wanted from that night, Verity and I studied the photos on the screen.
“Look at the way the jacket falls at the hips,” I said.
“It was the first thing I noticed.”
“The woman we saw with Godwin at the restaurant was considerably shorter.”
“It’s far easier to add than it is to take away,” she said under her breath. “That includes height.”
“Let’s show Macht the photo we think is of a man,” I suggested, looking around the room for him and finally finding him off in a corner, speaking to someone on his mobile. When his call ended, he walked directly over to Magnet, then turned his back to me.
“Something’s up,” Verity muttered.
