Chapter 17 – Show TimeGreenslade had given up shouting and banging a quarter of an hour into the hour-long journey. He lay in the dark, contemplating his plight. He wondered if Jago was going to take him to the authorities. Or was he going to kill him? He couldn’t be sure either way. He did know, however, that if he were to be taken to the authorities, he would be finished, ruined. His reputation would be lost, along with his crucial investors, and with that his life’s work in creating his shipping empire. If he was alive, this would matter; it would matter hugely. Yet, he thought, if he were to be killed, nothing would matter. There would be no reputation, no business and no need to face how he had treated Kim since his wife had died. Greenslade thought a great deal during his confinement
