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“Because she cao Since then, she’s attended soraoverness could afford training like this And the direction of the training…” Sloane held out the pages she’d printed right when Derek walked in “Take a look at this”

Derek scanned the first page, then the second He raised his head “I have to ht to Rich”

“I agree”

Instantly, Derek punched in Rich’s extension Then he stepped out to make his call

Liu motioned for his trusted adviser to enter his private library

“Zhezhi” One word, uttered as a command

His adviser understood Literally, Zhezhi was the Chinese art of paper folding, a predecessor to origa him to collapse all traces of his involveoods coalleries, to shipping s, and to his orchestration of the plan to destroy all the members of the art partnership

In response, his adviser nodded “It will be done at once,” he said in the Loong Doo dialect

“Andbut

“As we speak, steps are being taken so that Cindy and her a to hide Their home, their characters, will be beyond reproach As for Xiao, he’s ready to assuon Head as soon as he’s needed He’ll leave for Hong Kong on your command He knows that, as a precaution, a special bank account in the Cayed for him, to be used in the future should heto priso

n He is huenerosity Your name will never be uttered”

“Excellent,” Liu replied “Then I can bring hter”

Derek was back fro suh the conference room door

“I had The Bird authenticated,” he reported “It’s genuine Unfortunately, it’s also devoid of fingerprints or anything else that could link it to the Red Dragons” He looked intently froent call”

“Read these” Derek gave Rich the pages of Sloane’s research “We want your opinion”