text:  Nick kept asking his superiors in vain for a Russian passport so that no one would doubt his allegiance to the country. And when a job came up working for the client in the far east of Russia, Nick said he'd do it. But first, he said, he'd need to take the family back to the UK to tie up their affairs and be back on the following Monday. That's when they'd make their escape. There would be no going back.