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I watched him write several things on the board, leaving room below each item.
1.Sven “Puck” Lindstrom
2.DeDe “Seshat” Starkweather
3.Puck and Seshat
4.Twin
5.Iris
6.Z
“Here’s what we know.Puck has a long-standing history with MI5.He’s a damned good agent and highly respected.Not to mention, Z hired him,” Decker began.
“Copy that,” I said when the others nodded.
“Seshat.Team player.Smart as hell, if you look at her academic record.Physician’s assistant.No easy feat there.Ask Doc Butler.”
“Quite honestly, I was stunned to find out it was Seshat who abducted Oleander,” said Nem.“I cannot recall any occasion where I’d read someone so badly.”
Decker nodded.“That’s because I don’t think you did.”
“Sorry to interrupt,” I said, half raising my hand.
“Go ahead,” said Deck.
“Where is Seshat’s body?”
“Here at Vauxhall Cross, in the morgue,” Pinch responded.
“We should run fingerprints.”
Decker smiled.“I was getting there, George, and I agree.As soon as possible.”
“On it,” Pinch said, getting up and walking a few paces from us.“I’m assuming we want to prove the woman killed wasn’t Seshat first, then establish her identity.”
“That’s right,” Decker told him.“While he takes care of that, let’s get back to Seshat.The two most important things we learned from the birth certificate are that there were two or more births.Second, DeDe’s records may have been sealed, but her mother raised her.We’re waiting on the second certificate, but my guess is Angela did not raise the sibling.”
“Seshat—DeDe—attended Oxford University at the same time Puck was there,” said Wren, who’d stopped talking when images of Seshat and Puck appeared on another of the electronic boards.“Damn, you’re good,” she said to Decker.
“Taught by the best,” he said, winking.“As were you.”
“When this is said and done and we’re enjoying Christmas dinner with Dad, err, Z, I want to know how in the hell you got your hands on all this so fast.”
“Right.As if I’d tell you.”He winked.“What else, Wren?”he prompted.
“Two years ago, Seshat interviewed for a job with MI5.Puck was the interviewer and recommended Pinch hire her.”
Another set of images appeared on the screen.It showed the two having dinner at a London restaurant I’d heard of.It was clearly a date.“This was taken around that time.”
“Were you aware of this?”Wren asked Pinch.
He shrugged.“You pay attention to the stuff that matters.At the time, it didn’t.”
He said something similar when I asked about Seshat’s citizenship.Given agents went through multiple rounds of rigorous background checks, I supposed it made sense Pinch would concern himself with what was important rather than what wasn’t.
“Who recommended Seshat for the UK task force?”Decker asked.
