Part 3 (2/2)

”What do you mean?” he asked in return He wasn't in the ner, not an American company Would you work for thener? I guess so

Why do you ask?” He sounded a tad concerned

”Oh, no reason” She rubbed hiht you were a consultant, and consultants work for anyone who can pay That's all”

”I aot the desired result

”Well,” she stroked him rhythmically ”I know some people that could use you They're not American, that's all I didn't know if you cared”

”No, I don't care,” he sighed ”It's all the same to me Unless they're commies My former employer would definitely frown on that”

”Would you ether?” She didn'tyou want, but can we talk about this later?” Miles begged

Miles felt very ton Airport He knew that he was being flown to Tokyo japan, first class, by aNot a bad start, he thought His reputa- tion obviously preceded him Stephanie was hired to recruit hi used

Wasn't he? Or had he seduced her and the trip was a bonus? He still liked Stephanie, just not as much as before It never occurred to Miles, not for a second, that Stephanie ht not have liked him

At JFK in New York, Miles connected to the 20 hour flight to Tokyo through Anchorage, Alaska He had a brief concern that this was the saht 007 had taken in 1983 before it was shot down by the Soviets, but he was flying an Aht nuht to reht was a couple of hours out of New York when one of the flight attendants came up to him ”Mr Foster?”

”Yes?” He looked up fro

”I believe you dropped this?” She handed Miles a large sealed envelope His nae black ratefully

When she left, he opened the strange envelope It wasn't his

Inside there was a single sheet of paper Miles read it

MR FOSTER WELCOME TO japAN

YOU WILL BE MET AT THE NARITA AIRPORT BY MY DRIVER AND CAR THEY ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL

WE WILL MEET IN MY OFFICE AT 8:00 AM, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR YOUR PLEASURES

RESPECTFULLY

TAKI hoot about it He had s to do His h Club was in jeopardy He had not yet ht attend- ant

They landed, 18 hours and 1 day later in Tokyo Miles was now a