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Leaving Mei-Li in a taxi to go to her school, Ru had been one of the last to board the flight from SeaTac to Beijing.
He should have forced her to tell him what she’d said to the Americans at the other table. But he didn’t think of it until they were at the airport’s curb, and he’d run out of time. Besides, she could play her hand very close when she chose to.
Ru didn’t dare miss his plane in case Drake had some idea about keeping him here or exposing him. That’s why he’d purposely chosen a China Airlines flight; once aloft, they wouldn’t turn around for any foolish American demands.
He kept an eye out the window until they passed out over the Pacific Ocean.
Once they had, he snapped his fingers at the first-class attendant, who trotted over in her tight little red-and-gray blazer
