BERNARD SAINT-LAURENT

THE MOST FAMOUS GARBAGE COLLECTOR in print media, L. G. Laflèche, was looking at a young man who had introduced himself as Bernard Saint-Laurent. He was intrigued. Officially an activist in the PQ, Saint-Laurent had, before his own eyes, picked up the phone and conversed with Colonel Bob Lapierre, a key player in the Liberal Party. There’d been a question of an assignment, and the Colonel had promised to call him back.

Looking satisfied, Saint-Laurent, who’d been the one to ask for a meeting with Laflèche, had hung up with a smile. The newsroom was buzzing around them. So Saint-Laurent was one of the Colonel’s agents? Laflèche was wary, sensing a trap.

The journalist ran a hand through his hair.

“I don’t get it, what are you playing at?”