Chapter 23
Jianjun had been given the information that helped him locate William Claude Rempart in St. Petersburg by a cousin, Edison Li, who worked at the Canadian embassy in Moscow.
In his own defense, how was he supposed to know the woman seated at the table having coffee with William Claude had been Michael’s former fiancée? Or, almost fiancée. From what he’d been told, the engagement hadn’t been formally announced, and no ring had been given, although Michael and Irina had “an understanding.”
Of course he’d heard about the woman, but he’d never seen a picture of her. He figured she’d long ago found someone else to marry and was probably living the life of a soccer mom instead of sitting around in a café in Russia, of all places.
But still, he felt awful about it because Michael’s
