CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
7:45 p.m. – Mountain Time
Aspen, Colorado
“Doctor, do you know who I am?”
Omar and the doctor sat on the back deck of Omar’s house near the summit of Red Mountain. The locals called it “Billionaire Mountain,” and for good reason. Omar was far from the only billionaire who kept a home up here.
He and the good doctor were enjoying some red wine and gazing out at the green ski runs on Aspen Mountain, perhaps a mile across the valley. The sun lowered in the sky. It was a crisp early evening, but the winter snow was all gone.
Three of Omar’s bodyguards stood behind them, as well as two servants waiting for instructions.
The doctor nodded. “Of course I do. You are Omar bin Khalid, of the House of Saud. It has been an honor to treat you.”
“And what exactly did you trea
