222 CHAPTER 27
Skukuza Rest Camp, Kruger National Park, the present dayNick barely slept. He had tried calling Lili again several times, but could not get through to her.
He was frustrated because he didn’t know Lili’s address and he didn’t know the names of any of her friends. Pippa might have it, but when Nick looked online at Australian directory assistance he couldn’t find Pippa’s landline – he assumed it was an unlisted number. He had tried Pippa’s mobile, repeatedly, but he knew she had a house in the country, near the wine-producing town of Mudgee northwest of Sydney, and a signal at her place, he had learned when he once needed to contact her on the weekend because of a client emergency, was non-existent.
Still jetlagged, Nick was fully awake at four in the morning. As much as h
