CHAPTER 4
It had taken the Australian lawyers several months to settle my father’s estate and I’d managed to have my parents bodies kept in cold storage all that time maintaining that, my situation being what it was, I had neither the money nor the necessary presence of mind to deal with their funerals any sooner.
The delay had given me ample time to plan my disappearance; getting Alberto on board was the final piece in the jigsaw and he’d proven a real asset. ‘How did you get on with Dr Chang?’
He grinned back at me the flash of his white teeth in his dark face illuminating his features. ‘Fine, just as you predicted. I asked him if he thought it’d be beneficial to let you have a few short trips outside before the funeral day – with me in attendance of course.’
‘Of course, Alberto; I w
