He found the Empress Hotel, wenr inside and walked
across to the desk.
'Can I help you?' a young man asked Nick.
'I'm meeting a friend here this afternoon,' said Nick.
'Miss Hutson.'
'Hutson?' said the young man. ''Wait a minute.'He went
away and came back. 'Sorry, but there's no Miss Hutson
staying here.'
Nick took something from his pocket. It was the
photograph of Meg and her father, from the magazine.
'This is her,'he sai