Chapter 23“What’s the E.T.A.?” Khalid asked Pierre, putting his head through the cockpit’s door of the Lear. Both Pierre and John turned their heads around but John answered, “6 hours and 35 minutes, Khalid.” “That’s fine, gentlemen, let’s get her in the air then.” Khalid then snapped the latch door shut. He returned to his seat, facing his uncle and beside Mark. The three men were dressed casually, so much so in fact, that a passerby wouldn’t have recognized any of them for being any more than common tourists perhaps. Uncle Abdullah was now a commoner among men. “I heard that you talked to Ms. Kartz. Will she be happy to see us, do you think?” Uncle Abdullah asked. That question didn’t surprise Khalid. On the contrary, he knew his uncle for being a curious fellow most of the time a

