CHAPTER 6On Friday that same week, Lara returned to Kingsley’s office for a “briefing session.” His words. When she got there, she realized that it would be at least an hour before she could see Kingsley. Why? Because there were a few people ahead of her, waiting in the reception area to see him in the: two women and one man. Initially, Lara thought the two women had come in separately, but she soon discovered that they were a team. The man kept pestering the secretary to tell Oga Kingsley to hurry up because he had another appointment to catch.
Appointment, my foot! thought Lara to herself. I’m sure he has an appointment with his TV for a soccer match. Although she did not voice that theory, her eyes did all the talking.
While she sat thumbing through a copy of Encomium magazine, devour
