The Spy Who Loved Eveline – Excerpt No. 53

In the background a white projector screen dropped in from the ceiling. As it clicked into place an image appeared, a black and white shot of two women at what appeared to be a restaurant. He knew the shots were originally in colour, no one used film these days, let alone black and white film, but it served to highlight contrasts.

The first woman was taller and older by four or five years. She was taller, curvier, with black wavy hair, and he imagined her to be the kind of girl sitting at a bar while having a drink. Overall, he would say that she was very approachable, the embodiment of the girl next door.

The same could not be said for the other woman. Shorter, black haired, with a slight hourglass shape, sharp facial features and looked to be old enough to be attending a local college. The most telling detail was a bruise along her arm near her wrist, one with five distinctive marks as though someone grabbed on too tight.

Opulent dark wood boardroom with a projector screen showing a black-and-white photo of two women at a restaurant table; taller curvy woman with wavy hair on the left, shorter sharp-featured woman with a five-mark bruise on her wrist on the right; men seated at a long table in the foreground, vintage-framed look.

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