Behind the Green Door

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Michael has stepped through the ‘portal’ that takes him on the final journey.

He meets his guidance counsellor, a woman nearing middle age, and a surprising choice.

Or not.

He has secrets, and the ubiquitous group that calls itself Management wants to learn those secrets.

Is she simply a guidance counsellor, or is she one of Management’s secret service agents or, worse, an interrogator?

From what he had learned over the years of Management practices, it would be just like them to wrap something so deadly as an interrogator in such an attractive and charming package.

And there is something else about her that reminds him of a case in the not-too-distant past.

Where he will be staying in a bungalow, similar to one at a seaside resort, of course, without the seaside. His counsellor will be staying with him, and the rules do not allow him to go anywhere or see anyone without her.

And, she tells him, they will be discussing cases and creating a teaching course in detection based on a number of his cases.

Of course…

Why waste an interrogator at the start when the job might just as easily be done by charm and polite questioning.

That first night, he ponders which cases they will cover, believing they will be those where his reports were less than informative.

For a reason…

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