Hannah scooped her up and held her close, sobbing for all she had lost,for the uncertainty of the future. John's girlfriend squealed and jumped up out of her chair as coffeesloshed out of her cup and splashed across the tabletop. But it didn't come. The image of his son pulsed behind his eyelids.
As she stared out thewindshield into the bleak shadows of the cold night, she Wondered if hewas thinking even now about his next move and how it would affect theunwilling players of his sick game. Jessie giggled and made a show of pretending to squish her worries intoa ball. In the early morning gray it looked desolate. He was known in China as Chao Heng, and thegreat poet, Li Pai, composed a poem in his memory, while the Tangsovereign conferred on him the posthumous title of viceroy ofLuchou.
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