Chapter Fifteen
The game had started badly. Time for a second-half comeback.
By the time I returned to Andrew’s office, dawn was still elusive, but I could feel it on the air. In the east, a dim radiance had begun to fill the horizon. My head pounded and my body longed for sleep.
One of Andrew’s security guards escorted me into his private office. Inside the glass and steel building, there was a somber silence. The nerves and frantic terror that had been here four hours ago were gone, replaced by something that felt very much like acceptance or depression.
When Andrew saw me, he became a little more animated, and I tried my best to ignore the glimmer of hope in his eyes. Amir was directly beside him, and he looked just as tired and defeated. It hurt me to see him like that. It made me
