161 CHAPTER 19
Johannesburg, South Africa, the present dayNick woke and had no idea where he was.
The room was blacked out thanks to heavy curtains, but his mind picked up the hum of traffic. He groped around him, feeling for a bedside light switch as he registered that he was in Johannesburg.
His fingers brushed his phone and he pushed the button and the screen lit up. It was four in the morning. He now felt wide awake so he swung his legs out of bed. From the glow of the phone he found the light switch.
The jetlag had woken him. He had forced himself to stay up as late as he could, waiting until he heard from Susan that she had arrived safely in Cape Town, which he did while he was having dinner at a steak restaurant at Emperor’s Palace. He had taken the free shuttle bus to the casin
