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The Zermatt Group Offices

West 75th Street, Manhattan, New York

1 March

Thursday, 11:55 pm local time

Terri turned her attention to the large wall of computer displays in front of her It was time to wrap up the one loose end that was still a thorn in her side: Xu Wei While the evidence implicated everyone, the FBI had no jurisdiction in China, so to nail Xu’s ass to the wall, she needed to commit a crime in his name in China

Resorting to her favorite game, Terri made a feeaks and created Wheel of Fortune, the Macau edition So instead of spinning for dollars, she was spinning for renminbi When she didn’t like the aenerously After three spins, she had the three a to wire out of Xu Wei’s personal account and into the pockets of so new, blatant greed and overt displays of corruption were not tolerated

Territo Co them no choice but to take care of the problem

She s in a Chinese jail

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Los Altos Hills, California

2 March

Friday, 9:45 pm local time

Lauren was out of the town car the instant it stopped in front of the brick staircase leading to her family’s house Simultaneously, the front door burst open and Susan, Vance, and their two older children all raced out Like a true mother, Susan was half a step ahead of the rest of the family, her arms outstretched as she hurried down the front steps to snatch her daughter in her arms