This is your first effort at a long story? Nicely done homerun!
Since I have enjoyed your vignettes immensely, I am sure this story will be no different, only better and longer.
The mood has been perfectly set, Clark is living in Paris in a tiny apartment, his job as a traveling reporter does not allow him to have a desk so he has to borrow a computer to send emails. Ouch!
But look a fascinating story beckons! He calls Perry for help. Wanna bet who Perry sends?
So looking forward to the next chapter!