Chapter 132 Catherine

• Over the next few days, I learn more about Patrick’s dark empire, and I begin to understand how little most people know about what goes on behind the scenes. None of what I hear in Patrick’s office ever shows up on the news . . . because if it did, heads would roll, and some very important people would end up in jail.
• Amused by my continued interest, Patrick lets me listen in on more conversations. Once I even get to watch a video conference from the back of the room, where I can’t be seen by the camera. To my shock, I recognize one of the men on the video feed. It’s a prominent US general—someone I’ve seen a couple of times on popular talk shows. He wants Patrick to move his manufacturing operations from Thailand out of fear that political instability in the region could derail the next shipment of the new explosive—the shipment that’s supposed to go to the US government.
• My former captor hadn’t been lying when he said he has connections; if anything, he’d understated the extent of his reach.