CHAPTER 19
The last time she had seen Agent Soon, he stood half naked on the bank of the Tumen River giving her directions to Sanhe. At that point, Hannah neither hoped nor expected to ever meet him again. Now, she made her way over with a timid smile.
He sighed audibly when she came up to him, his breath coming out like gray smoke. “I’m glad you arrived safely. Did you have any problems crossing?”
“No.” The river was frozen now, and her leg had ample time to heal at Mr. Kim’s safe house. It still ached, but she hardly even limped anymore.
“I was praying for your success.”
Hannah sensed the admiration in Soon’s tone. The youngest railroad conductor. That’s what Moses called her when they met up on the mountaintop several months ago. She was now the youngest member of Moses’ web of con
