The next day, a merchant ship steamed passed Alcatraz Island, destination Hong Kong. In a cabin, Ping sat quietly beside a bed where Reese slept. She was carrying his child and had never been happier. Chow Ling had saved her man"s life, and now they were on their way to Hong Kong and a new life. They were to meet a friend of the Yazi"s, Prentice Carr, who owned a shipping company that had fallen on hard times years ago. The Yazi had made an offer to Carr, and because of it, his shipping company was now profitable. Chow Ling would now repay his debt to Reese. Ping was excited. They would start a new life; safe, more than half a world away.
The Present
“Uncle Bill, you mean after all of that, Reese lived?”
“He sure did, and the Chinese kept their word and got him out of the country, and a
