Chapter Four: A Truthful Enough Tale
Dim light filtered in through the compartment window signalling dawn. Melissa’s texting had awakened Tom, the soft click of the buttons muffled under the duvet, but still distinctly discernible along with the beep of message confirmations. He lay still, tensed for action, peeping through his eyelashes. She’d covered her head with the duvet, blocking out the light from the screen, too. Who was she texting at this time of morning? She stopped a minute or two later, perhaps falling back into sleep.
Tom relaxed once more, his thoughts drifting to what his superiors might say in Xi’an. Would the Board even believe him? Gibson was sure to sneer and call him an outright liar. It wouldn’t be the first time. And, with Liu gone there was no-one to back him up t
