Jed felt more relaxed after Ravuth called with the new location. He’d had a stressful few months since Ravuth’s departure and put under pressure by his powerful, dangerous, clients. Assuming that Ravuth had given him the correct information before and he would have found the village by now, he’d squandered most of the client’s down payment on new vehicles, expensive hotels, buying equipment, and paying people in Koh Kong to search the area where Ravuth showed him.
With his dangerous clients becoming impatient and knowing where he was, Jed knew he was vulnerable and an easy target and felt scared, desperate, and paranoid after his clients gave him an ultimatum to deliver on what he had promised, with his deadline was almost over. Knowing his life was in danger and seldom venturing outsi
