Chapter 103: The Meeting

A couple of Byron's security agents went on ahead to check out the hotel on the day of the meeting. They found nothing at all suspicious about the premises, and so Emily and Byron arrived at the appointed time.

They sat down at a small table. The security agents were still around in case anything went wrong, but Emily still felt a little jittery.

It was already seven, but no one had shown up.

"Maybe it's Quinn Faines!" Emily suggested.

"Yeah, you wish, naughty kid," Byron said, "Still planning to run away with him?"

"If I was, I wouldn't tell you," she replied.

At five past seven, the bar was still mostly empty, and no one came to greet them.

"Maybe it's a practical joke, and they just stood us up," Byron said after another couple of minutes had passed.

Just as he said it, his eyes alighted on a man who had entered the bar and was heading straight towards them.

He was a good-looking man, possibly in his sixties. His hair and stylish goatee were both grey, but his skin looked h