Chapter 27
Chiu Wah On felt an intense throbbing pain in his head, his whole body felt constrained as if wrapped in a coil and, before even opening his eyes, he knew he was tied up, wrapped in rope. The room was dark, except for the distant lights of the city that cast long shadows across the floor. Chiu tried to move his hands and loosen the rope slightly but it was tightly done. Fragments of broken glass lay scattered around him and he manoeuvred his body so he was sitting upright against the wall.
He breathed in and out, allowing his chest to expand and shrink and then shuffled and shook, slowly loosening the grip of the coiled rope around his torso. With a sliver of more flexibility, he was able to move his body around and get a broken fragment of glass into his hand. Slowly and deli
