Chapter 17
The following morning, Margaret steps up to the podium and congratulates the leaders on progress made. “A team of writers will present us with a document tomorrow. If you would like to join them, please do. We’ll go over the document in the morning, line by line. The transcribers will make adjustments as we direct. We aim to leave here tomorrow by 17:00 with our treaty and all accompanying details. Questions?”
President Zhang responds first, “What if all of us don’t agree?”
“Well, that choice can only bring suffering. How would your people respond to your unwillingness to cooperate?”
The President looks at her with scorn but holds his tongue. He doesn’t like her and doesn’t support the agreement, but he needs the alignment of other superpowers if his hope to disrupt the proc
