77Al-Malmasi shouted for his servant to draw the curtains in his bedroom to prevent sunlight from stinging his eyes. The butler placed the day’s mail on the nightstand closest to his master before tending to the drapes. Thumbing passed the usual junk mail Al-Malmasi came to a greeting card envelope postmarked from Barcelona. The handwritten note read:
Thank you for a wonderful day but I must disappoint you.
-D
He swept a porcelain figurine lamp from the nightstand to the floor with the back of his arm, shouting unintelligibly.
“Get my phone!”
