Susan Caldwell was already furious about owing Vera Xavier ten million and was in no mood to deal with the street vendor. She called the police directly, claiming he was trying to extort her. After the police took the vendor away, she assumed the matter was over and dragged Irene Jensen to a teahouse to relax.
But she was only halfway through her tea when the vendor's family, who had somehow rounded up a group of thugs, stormed into the teahouse demanding compensation.
At first, she tried to speak to them patiently. Unexpectedly, most of the vendor's family didn't speak or understand Mandarin. She had no idea which of her words had offended them, but they suddenly rushed forward to attack her.
They'd even managed to scratch her face. If Leo Wright hadn't desperately protected her, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
