Jia Li got up and went to speak with Patricia.
"Hi, my name is Jia Li. Thank you for taking care of MY Xie Tang during this period. I know from personal experience that he can be a tough patient. Can I ask you what exactly is wrong with him?" she had come and sat down next to Pat.
Pat adjusted her assessment of the woman in front of her. Initially, she had thought of her being an ex-lover bent upon a tete-a-tete with Tang, which is why she had been reluctant to let them talk alone. But now she could feel the quiet ownership which this person seemed to have on Tang.
Taking an instinctive decision, she replied, "in simple terms, he has paralysis on the left side of his body, starting from his face to his foot."
Jia Li swallowed back a sob visibly.
Composing herself once again, she said, "I am going to need your help. In this side of the world, how does one abduct someone for the purpose of interrogation?"
