John had every reason to believe that Oulos had experienced her most satisfactory field mission since arriving in Eden City.
On the sweat-drenched tie clip, she harvested considerable emotional value, grinning ear to ear, and successfully extracted the final set of keys from the computer room.
The tie clip looked utterly defeated.
When he was finally released, he seemed uneasy and dazed, awakened by the cold wind upon stepping out of the villa's sliding door, visibly shivering.
His arms and legs were broken.
The illuminated decadence of Eden City seemed hazy and distant; the world where he once thrived had left him, and now every small corner could conceal a gunman hunting him down.
The tie clip shuddered slightly.
He had lost his wealth, status, information, and background, yet he still had to muster the courage to survive.
John stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows, gazing at his silhouette and said, "I should go out and give him one shot."
