Sam Mullins

Once the door clicked behind him, Elaine went straight for the phone.

But Ron was already the head of the David Davis Appreciation Society.

But Ron was already the head of the David Davis Appreciation Society.

It had started. Elaine didn't know it, but the photography, looking at the real estate, even the changing of currency were not what David Davis was really after with Elaine and Ron.

It had started. Elaine didn't know it, but the photography, looking at the real estate, even the changing of currency were not what David Davis was really after with Elaine and Ron.

Elaine had a bad feeling. She didn't know if she trusted David Davis. She didn't know if this job was real. But whatever she felt didn't matter, because she'd made a series of decisions that led her here, to this plane seat, with tens of thousands of Swiss francs in a bag beside her. In her work and relationship with David Davis, the rubber was about to meet the Switzerland.

Elaine had a bad feeling. She didn't know if she trusted David Davis. She didn't know if this job was real. But whatever she felt didn't matter, because she'd made a series of decisions that led her here, to this plane seat, with tens of thousands of Swiss francs in a bag beside her. In her work and relationship with David Davis, the rubber was about to meet the Switzerland.

This would be the first of many trips Elaine would take where she didn't comprehend what she was really doing.

This would be the first of many trips Elaine would take where she didn't comprehend what she was really doing.

There were other trips with other currencies and different deposits into different bank accounts. Picture Elaine with her camera in one hand and Davis' thousands in the other, breezing through airports. The work felt vague. The dollar amounts she was exchanging felt gargantuan. Elaine found herself wondering if this was all an audition of some sort.

There were other trips with other currencies and different deposits into different bank accounts. Picture Elaine with her camera in one hand and Davis' thousands in the other, breezing through airports. The work felt vague. The dollar amounts she was exchanging felt gargantuan. Elaine found herself wondering if this was all an audition of some sort.

Elaine felt that he was testing her in darker ways too.

Elaine felt that he was testing her in darker ways too.

while his antics felt odd sometimes. For Elaine, all that mattered was that her paychecks were clearing and that her and Ron's dream of having enough money to get to Canada felt closer than ever. One day, Davis told Elaine to meet up with him for lunch in Harrogate. He said he had something important to ask her.

while his antics felt odd sometimes. For Elaine, all that mattered was that her paychecks were clearing and that her and Ron's dream of having enough money to get to Canada felt closer than ever. One day, Davis told Elaine to meet up with him for lunch in Harrogate. He said he had something important to ask her.

Sometimes instead of incorporating your own business, you can just purchase a good-as-new existing corporation, Davis explained. He said he was the happy new owner of an entity called the Cavendish Corporation.

Sometimes instead of incorporating your own business, you can just purchase a good-as-new existing corporation, Davis explained. He said he was the happy new owner of an entity called the Cavendish Corporation.

Elaine was taken aback. Directors? Of a corporation? Her and Ron?

Elaine was taken aback. Directors? Of a corporation? Her and Ron?

As he laid it all out, Davis seemed genuinely distressed by the situation with his wife.