Chapter 36When Talya found herself alone in the apartment, she felt pained. She desperately needed to put some order to this turmoil. Her mind and body were numb. She picked up the phone and ordered dinner. Hassan had gone to Mohammed’s room to talk to Rheza. After recounting briefly what had occurred at the mine, Khalid and Johan decided to have a quick snack in their room and retire early. Except for a couple of hours of stolen sleep after they found Rheza and Savoi, apparently, they had stayed awake for nearly thirty-six hours. They suspected that Abdul Rasheed had probably fled to Mali during the night, before the police could grab him. Talya asked Khalid to come and see her in the morning. She had seen it in his face—he wanted to tell her something—and what happened at the airport had
