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JULIA AND SAM HAD SUCCESSFULLY reintegrated the previous evening at the noodle shop, where they had made their first contact with Peng. Julia had pretended to peruse the wares at a magazine stand outside the shop. Sam had walked Wei near her, had him reach for a newspaper and grazed Julia’s arm. It was all he needed to slip. Julia had quickly turned her back on the bewildered agricultural minister and walked away casually.
Julia and Sam were at the same magazine stand again this morning, where they hoped to intercept Peng Lee a second time, this time on his walk to work from the train.
They had holed up back at the hotel after reintegrating the night before, to strategize for today's efforts. Sam had been able to get a basic understanding of the layout within the ZG complex and more
