Curtains for Bond? Summary

The story flips back to a month earlier. Bond's boss, M, the head of British Secret Service, meets a friend and co-worker for lunch at a restaurant for a chat. M seems to have something on his mind. When pressed, he reveals that he is concerned about Bond.

Bond's wife was murdered by his arch nemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld. Bond has become distraught after Tracy's death and is taking unnecessary risks, risking the lives of others and himself. M confesses to Molony that he is considering firing Bond or at least putting him in a different department where he would not be a harm to himself or anyone else. Molony convinces M to give Bond just one more chance to redeem himself by giving him a mission that he more than likely couldn't complete, but would be able to...