The city was alive with hordes of commuters heading off to work, streets heaving with the morning traffic. At the same time, subway stations were packed with jostling, impatient people. The streets were full of people who moved in long processions. Keen to escape the mayhem of Manhattan in the morning. Marie-Ann Talbot was a businesswoman who bought and sold real estate in the city and had several fingers in many other pies. For Marie-Ann Talbot, pursuing her business interests was not about the money but the thrill of it all. Having finished her ‘daily shock’ workout at the gym, she was eager to work. Coffee in hand, she waited at the side of the road for a cab when her phone rang. She pressed the activation button on her earpiece to answer the call. ‘Hello?’ she said. Her voice was so

