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AFTER A QUICK LUNCH, LI returned to his office and pulled up Elizabeth’s tag. He saw she had left her hotel around 10:15 that morning and seemed to wander around the nearby streets for a while. Then nothing, her trail went cold around 10:40. Li’s gut tightened ever so slightly and he clicked on the live tracking feed which also indicated nothing. It was just after 1:00 pm and there were enough cameras in Beijing that the possibility that she had not been picked up over the last couple hours was statistically nil. This left the options of Elizabeth having stayed indoors for this time period, or the likelihood that Elizabeth had done something to disguise her appearance.
Li yelled down the hall to the security group to which he had previously given the task of researching Elizabeths bac
