Chapter 27

In the office, Joseph Conrad, a plump, bald man about fifty years of age sat in front of the desk.

He faced a young girl who looked incredibly nervous.

The girl was about twenty-one or twenty-two years of age. She had delicate facial features and looked very meek. She wore large, black-rimmed glasses that hid her beautiful looks.

She was quite petite and dressed plainly, but it did little to hide her natural beauty.

The girl was called Lily Cameron. She...