He had only the crumbling architecture of a plan that had, without his knowledge, already failed sixteen hours and six thousand miles ago.

Chapter 16 — Do You Know Who We Are

Evelyn recovered before Julian did, and reached, as people of her kind always do, for the only weapon she had ever needed: her family’s importance.

“How dare you!” she shrieked, shoving her way past her frozen son to confront the marshals directly.

“Do you have any idea who we are?

My son is a respected businessman!

His wife abandoned us in Phuket!