14Perriman Girardi placed his tobacco colored leather briefcase on a small table to the right of the entranceway of his duplex apartment. He slipped the straps of his case open to remove handfuls of journals and reports he intended to study. The upper level of the duplex housed three bedrooms and two bathrooms. His master bedroom was at the end of the hall and greeted him with an automated overhead light as he stepped inside. He disrobed, placing his suit jacket and trousers on a maple wood valet stand. His watch, cufflinks and lapel pins went into a black velvet lined box on his bureau before he donned a blue and white striped bathrobe to sit at an antique desk.
He knew Grace Woo had been married to a very senior International Asia Bank executive posted temporarily in the United States.
