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I can order it again.”
    Decker grinned at him. “It's called black pudding,” he said. “It's made of pork blood, with fat and oatmeal.”
    Neil froze in mid chew, and his eyes went wide. He swallowed hard, then looked at the rest of it on his plate. “Pork blood? Does that make me some kind of vampire?”
    The retired FBI agent laughed. “No, it doesn't. Black pudding is one of the most popular dishes in the UK. They do it like that at breakfast, but you can also get it batter-dipped and deep-fried, or you can eat it cold, right out of the wrapper.”
    Neil stared at him for a long second, then shrugged and stuck another bite in his mouth. “Oh, well, it still tastes good. As long as it isn't going to turn me into a zombie or vampire or something, I can live with it.”
    The rest of them chuckled at him, as they finished their breakfast. It didn't take long, and then they were each off to carry out their part of the day's mission.
    Noah and Decker followed Neil to his room, and Noah took out his phone to call Catherine Potts. He dialed the number from the note, and it was answered on the first ring.
    “You've got Catherine,” came a pleasant voice.
    “Catherine, this is Alexander Colson,” Noah said. “How are you doing today?”
    “Oh, just wonderful, Mister Colson. I'm on your project right now, would you like to get together to talk about it?”
    “I think that would be a wonderful idea,” Noah said. “I guess you're somewhere near the property?”
    “I am, sir, just a wee distance away. There's a little chip shop at the corner, would you care to meet there? It's easy to find, you can't miss it. It's only a few hundred meters past the property, where Aberdare Gardens meets up with Goldhurst Terrace.”
    “That'll be perfect,” Noah said. “My associate and I should be there within the hour.”
    “Very good, sir, I shall be waiting. I'm wearing a paisley dress, I should be very easy to spot.”
    “And you won't have any trouble spotting us, either,” Noah said, “since my associate and I look like salt-and-pepper. We'll see you shortly.”
    He ended the call, and he and Decker sat quietly while Neil hacked into the necessary databases to find the information he wanted. Within half an hour, he had downloaded blueprints of the building and gotten into the apartment complex's security video system. This gave Noah a clear visual representation of the building, including the hallway outside Pendergrast's apartment.
    “Is that a live feed?” Noah asked, and Neil nodded. “Then keep an eye on it, and if you see him leave his apartment, call me.”
    Neil held up a finger, then started tapping keys again. “Okay, like I told you before, he's on an NSA watch list. According to the NSA, he's still in his apartment right now. I'll keep watching, and let you know.”
    “Good job,” Noah said, then hooked his head at Decker. The two of them left the room and went down the elevator to the lobby. There was a car rental agency inside the lobby, and a moment later they were handed the keys to a new Jaguar F-type.
    As they walked to the car, Noah looked over at Decker. “Apparently you've been here before?”
    Decker nodded. “A few times. I had the pleasure of working with Interpol on a couple of cases that brought me here. I can't say I know the city all that well, but I can probably find the important places without resorting to GPS.”
    Noah tossed him the keys. “In that case, you drive. I want to reconnoiter the area, get a feel for it, and I can do that better if I'm not the one behind the wheel.”
    Decker caught them deftly and slid into the driver’s seat, unlocking the passenger door so that Noah could climb in. “Yeah, I'm kind of used to driving on the wrong side of the road here,” he said. “It makes you a little crazy, the first time or two.”
    “I'll just bet it does,” Noah said. “There are people who would tell you I'm as crazy as I need to be, already, so we'll just let you do the