out?” I asked Jenny, we were now alone together as Karen did as she was told, walking away she sat at her desk with a dead straight back and pretending to type in the air with her hands like a good secretary, nose up in the air. Signalling she wasn’t at all bothered by my demand for sensibility to return. Fun is always encouraged in my office.
Jenny began,
“The files arrive in the Digitalisation Department, or Double D room, as you put it, by trolley, there is a runner who fetches and returns the trollies loaded with boxes of the files. We take a box, do what we have to do to transfer to the computer, put everything back into the box exactly as it was, the box is returned to a pile for the runner to return a loaded trolley to the filing room. Nothing is signed in or out, other than a dated label that shows the box has been digitalised. It would be far too complicated and time consuming to sign everything in and out.”
“I see, but this file has no record of ever being created or updated, yet the documents inside are from different locations and dates,” I said.
Jenny continued, “Yes this folder is very different from any other I’ve seen, there is no coherence and everything is a mishmash of origination.”
I questioned,
“Do you think it’s been put together deliberately for you to find?”
“I have no idea” Jenny replied
“So, what do you want me to do, and what resolution are you looking for?” I asked
“My family were persecuted by the Nazis, my Grandfather was gassed with his brother, it means too much to me to ignore. I’d like to know the truth, for my family, I want the truth, I saw this file, read it and I want answers.”
“But we can’t reveal any of the secrets contained in this folder,” I pointed out to her still not knowing what I could do for her.
“May I ask if you could try to find the truth, please? I think by looking into this you will find the resolution yourself. You will realise what needs to be done about this,” Jenny asked slightly begging in her tone.
“Ok, here’s what I will do, but of course I make no promises. If I find a truth that I think you should know, I will tell you. I can’t do this full time, I will work on it as a side-line, and it may take some months. Can you be patient enough to wait however long this takes?”
“Yes, however long,” she started to smile because I had agreed to help.
“No promises,” I said.
“I believe you will discover the truth, I have faith in your abilities,” Jenny flattered me.
“I have no expertise in detective work,” I added.
“Karen, could you copy all this folder, we need to get it back to where it should be,” I raised my voice toward the now professional secretary in the other room. I handed the folder to Jenny who took it to Karen.
“Jenny, when Karen is done with this file can you return it unnoticed to where it’s supposed to be, as it should be”
“Sure,” Jenny replied
“Karen when you are done, I’ll delete the photocopier hard drive, you never know, in this place someone may be making copies of our copies,” I halfjoked but I wanted to be sure to leave no trace.
“Thank you Andy,” Jenny seemed happier now, I couldn’t imagine what this news meant to her and her family.
“I’ll keep you updated, should I find anything, but promise me not to reveal anything to anyone until I say my work is complete ok?”
“I promise,” with that Jenny left my room and went to say goodbye to Karen next door. I sat back thinking about how to go about this. As soon as Jenny left the office, I asked Karen to come back.
“Karen, I need Jenny’s personal file,” I requested.
“I trust her, don’t you? She has been fully background checked, she’s worked here for years,” Karen said accusingly because I was doubting her best friend.
“Karen, what she is asking me to do is the work of Israel’s Mossad or the Nazi Hunters or any other kind of anti-Nazi group. To seek the truth, and to find escaped Nazis and the biggest prize of all, to find Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun as according to these files he may be still alive. I have to check her out, right now, I think she may be an infiltrator, think about it, you’ve seen the files, and, where has this file come from? I find it very odd indeed it has no routing attached to it.”
Karen looked hurt that I didn’t trust her best friend. “I’ll get it but you’ll see she is legitimate, even you have to see this is really important incredible stuff, we are best friends and I think I know her well enough,”
“I have to double-check her background Karen I’m sorry,” I tried to assure her, I had the best intentions for everyone, including discovering spies within MI6.
“Oh and Karen,”
“Yes?” Karen sounded hurt
“I love you and never forget it,”
“I love you too Andy,”
Karen took the file and began copying the contents taking care to replace each file in the exact order they came from the folder. I sat pondering where to start and how to go about this project.
Karen came back, the copying finished and the file locked away in her drawer again, she handed me an unmarked folder containing all the copies she just made. I stood up to place the folder in my safe
“Andy can you stay tonight? I’ll make some dinner. I miss you”
“I can’t Karen, I’m so sorry, I wish I could but I’m out tonight. Of course, I’d rather be with you”
“Anywhere nice?” She enquired in her hurt voice again,
“Sally Lunn’s restaurant in St. Albans. There’s a group of about ten of us going. I can’t drop out now, I’ll have to give them a reason. I wish there was a way that you could join me, but you know it would be awkward to explain who you are.” I needed to keep my job a secret, I’d much prefer to be with Karen and I hated myself for turning her down.
With that Karen walked right up to me wrapped her arms around my neck, her face next to mine she whispered in my ear
“Then do me now”
“What?” I replied surprised.
“Right here and now, do me” damn this sexy woman, I couldn’t resist her, I kissed her on the lips, her breasts pressing into my chest, I felt so good. Our lust grew, we kissed passionately, we were safe in the office on this Saturday morning. Very few people were around and no one was likely to disturb us. As we kissed, clothes were removed and dropped onto the floor and we made a move for the sofa. In no time at all, we were both naked and enjoying our intertwined bodies together. Her legs wrapped around my waist encouraging me to enter her. The love and passion we had for each other showed in the way we moved and the lovemaking went on for some time. As we turned again for a different sex position I felt Karen freeze,
“What
