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Jane looked at the picture on the boardroom table and felt her heart stop.
Alex’s face stared out at her, along with those of Henri, Jose, Novak, Heinrich, Kevin, Kufa, three women she didn’t recognise, and the despicable Mitch Reardon. Novak had his arm around one of the women and Jane supposed it was his wife, whom she’d heard mention of while on the island, but whose name she couldn’t remember.
‘You’ve seen them before,’ George said.
They had started negotiations with the managing director and senior executives of De Witt Shipping, the company George had travelled to South Africa to buy. A break had been called and George had asked the rest of his team – Howard from security; his human resources manager, Penny; and chief financial officer, Robert – to give him some time alone wit
