The 4x4 drove again on the highway, Jieung-yong leading us to the address indicated by Boss.
She revealed the route only in small bits, pointing at the sign that Jieung-yong should follow for the next 2 minutes.
Because of the concentration required to follow a GPS by jerky orders, Xiaojian, Henriette, David and I kept silent. At least we were in solidarity in this ordeal. I smiled in spite of myself.
Boss gave instructions in a confident voice, as she did when we first met at the Firm's entrance exam. Her severity should make my hair stand on end, but I couldn't help but take a deep breath; her leadership skills had returned, and I didn't have to scribble down any more twisted plans to get us out of this mess.
Boss's gaze stared far ahead and seemed to say, "The damage is done. Now, a
