Chapter 13Hiroshi got to Mattson’s house in Asakusa as soon as he could. After staying up half the night filling the French police in on an embezzlement case at a joint French-Japanese company, he’d gotten only a few hours of sleep before Sakaguchi called. The front door stood half-open despite the cold. Inside, Sakaguchi blocked the hallway, which was splashed with milk, arguing with Saito.
“You were in charge of getting someone here around the clock.” Sakaguchi leaned forward towards Saito, as if readying an oshidashi sumo thrust that would send him flying.
Saito took a step back. “The chief put you in charge of this case.”
“I’m taking my guys back from security at the Forum Hall.” Sakaguchi stepped forward.
“You’ll all have to be at the conference on Monday.”
Hiroshi put a hand on
