Chapter 50 The Patient Man
The number was not in my phone.
It came through at six in the evening while I was reading Marcus’s brief on Soh’s offshore holdings. No name. No prefix I recognised. I almost let it go to nothing and then something made me answer it.
“Mr. Lan.” The voice was warm. Unhurried. An older man, comf...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Video
2. Chapter 2 The Inheritance
3. Chapter 3 The Mission He Abandoned
4. Chapter 4 John Knew
5. Chapter 5 Sand
6. Chapter 6 Celebration
7. Chapter 7 IPO Pressure
8. Chapter 8 The Researcher
9. Chapter 9 The Profile
10. Chapter 10 Across the Room
11. Chapter 11 What He Signed
12. Chapter 12 Sophie Harrison
13. Chapter 13 Mr. Chen’s Silence
14. Chapter 14 The Recording
15. Chapter 15 Find Her
16. Chapter 16 Victor’s Name
17. Chapter 17 The Man in the Photograph
18. Chapter 18 Who sent it?
19. Chapter 19 Board Meeting
20. Chapter 20 The Party
21. Chapter 21 The Dance
22. Chapter 22 The Encounter
23. Chapter 23 The Right Name
24. Chapter 24 Late Night Drive
25. Chapter 25 Ambush
26. Chapter 26 Aftermath
27. Chapter 27 Saturday
28. Chapter 28 Controlled
29. Chapter 29 Mary
30. Chapter 30 Trap
31. Chapter 31 Steps
32. Chapter 32 Two conversations
33. Chapter 33 Old money
34. Chapter 34 What He Knew
35. Chapter 35 The Building
36. Chapter 36 The call
37. Chapter 37 Tuesday
38. Chapter 38 Wednesday
39. Chapter 39 Thursday
40. Chapter 40 First move
41. Chapter 41 Tso
42. Chapter 42 Pulled In
43. Chapter 43 Seven O’Clock
44. Chapter 44 The drive
45. Chapter 45 The question
46. Chapter 46 Stay Where You Are
47. Chapter 47 - Daniel
48. Chapter 48 — Two Years
49. Chapter 49 Mr. Chen
50. Chapter 50 The Patient Man
51. Chapter 51 Minutes
52. Chapter 52 Equals
53. Chapter 53 The Room
54. Chapter 54 What She Found
55. Chapter 55 South Entrance
56. Chapter 56 The Tunnel
57. Chapter 57 Third Attempt
58. Chapter 58 Three Calls
59. Chapter 59 Morning
60. Chapter 60 Hotel
61. Chapter 61 For Your Troubles
62. Chapter 62 Outside
63. Chapter 63 Eight Minutes
64. Chapter 64 Lunch
65. Chapter 65 One Day
66. Chapter 66 Before Soh
67. Chapter 67 Eggs
68. Chapter 68 The Call
69. Chapter 69 Sung
70. Chapter 70 Seven O’Clock
71. Chapter 71 The Morning After
72. Chapter 72 The Injunction
73. Chapter 73 Six Days
74. Chapter 74 Thursday
75. Chapter 75 After
76. Chapter 76 Seven O’Clock
77. Chapter 77 Saturday
78. Chapter 78 Congee
79. Chapter 79 Monday
80. Chapter 80 Tuesday
81. Chapter 81 Dinner
82. Chapter 82 Wednesday
83. Chapter 83 Thursday Evening
84. Chapter 84 The Food
85. Chapter 85 Friday
86. Chapter 86 Saturday Morning
87. Chapter 87 Sunday
88. Chapter 88 Her Mother
89. Chapter 89 The Settlement
90. Chapter 90 The Harbour
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