Chapter 24Speaking with feigned calm, Hiroshi sent a text to Sakaguchi telling him to come right away to the coffee shop in Ginza. He glanced at Setsuko, and at Jamie. “Why didn’t you tell me you were being followed? And Jamie, keep talking and don’t look around.”
Setsuko shrugged. “Tokyo’s so crowded, there are always people close by, so it’s usually safe. It’s only when no one’s around that there’s a risk.”
“But that’s what they’re waiting for—the moment when no one’s around.”
The man by the door folded and refolded a newspaper, pulling it close to his face. Dressed in a grey wool suit jacket over a black sweater, he lined up his coffee, cigarettes and cellphone precisely at hand. He looked like no one in particular, with a flat face, a small nose and thin eyelids that let him watch w
