Chapter 1

Li and Kim Lee landed in San Diego at 11 a. New charter flight his grandparents paid for made the trip the way home, they stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru and arrived home around noon on ate lunch, breathing a sigh of relief to finally get said the trip was enjoyable but too time we visit, let’s do a weekend, and Mom agreed.

After lunch, they spent almost two hours unloading the 4Runner and organizing their closets to accommodate their new finished, they met in the said that, being away for a week, she worried about what would be waiting for her at said I’ll think about you while lying by the laughed, and Mom said, “Your ass is coming to work with me tomorrow. ” Li asked if Mommy would protect him from the randy women at work.

Mom laughed and said he was on his I doubt you’ll have any issues, since they’re said, “Yeah, famous last words,” Do professionals attack me in their offices, labs, and closets instead of the hallway and they laughed asked if he’d heard from Andrew Finkleman, and Li said no, but he expects a call from him press at The Angel Ball for cancer research surely got our and he’s lining up interviews for a few films.

Mom said it will be a busy week catching up after being ’ll leave work early tomorrow, get the mail, drop off our dry cleaning, and go to the asked if she played back the phone said no, got the phone, and played the laughed when they heard one from Katherine Jackson inviting them to said she’d better call her back, or they will be knocking on our be sure to ask about the dress code, and they laughed again.

She called Katherine and said they were in New York visiting Li’s grandparents and had just gotten asked if they could do lunch next Sunday, and Kim said I’ll call if Li’s schedule makes him unavailable, and they said asked Mom if he should autograph three pairs of used boxers for the Jacksons, and she laughed said he could put them in a Ziplock to keep them fresh, and Mom begged him to stop.

Mom ordered Chinese takeout for dinner and left to pick it went to the hidden lab and got his computer from the disconnected the old computer and hooked up his new arrived home with dinner, so he went to the they ate, Mom said they would leave for work at 6 a. and get breakfast on the way, they can avoid any issues, and Li finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to listened to the last two Japanese language sections and fell asleep.

Li was in the basement, early Monday morning, attacking a gauntlet of heavy bags with his martial arts felt good hitting something after a week off, and he left the bags swing wildly and headed to the saw his tattoos and medallion illuminated and pulsing as he dried dressed, grabbed a Sharpie, and went to the arrived, and they took off for the way, they stopped at Carl’s -thru for breakfast.

They got to the lab without any issues and ate Li went to the mail chute, got the projects, mail, and crap, and returned to the saw the pile and said were 10 projects, and Li took two and started running he finished, Li switched to analyzing data and entering it into the ordered lunch delivered, and they took a break when it eating, they went through the mail and found a letter from the International Science Foundation.

Mom opened it and said the conference in Spain is in two asked about the ambassadorship, and Mom said there’s nothing ’s hope they haven’t set up anything for me yet, and Li finished four projects by 4 p. called it a the way home, Mom stopped by the post office got the mail and went to the dry market was the last stop, and Li noticed they had a tail followed them home and parked at the end of the cul-de-sac.

Li didn’t tell Mom, so she wouldn’t worry, and they unloaded the everything was put away, Mom started dinner, and Li went to the hopped the neighbor’s fence and looked down the were two men in a black SUV, and he suspected they were home, they ate dinner, and Mom told Li she would need him again on said, “Sure, anything to help Mommy,” and they finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their bypassed reading and crashed.

At midnight, Li woke dressed in black, wore gloves, and “Ghost Walked” behind the read their minds, and, as he suspected, they were FBI were Agents Fred Plum and Rich Tucker, and they were to observe and report all the Lees’ boss, San Diego FBI Special Agent in Charge David Reese, ordered the 24-hour surveillance.

Li tapped the medallion once he got into the back seat of the SUV and told them to ignore him and protect Kim their reports, they would state that Li accompanies Kim Lee everywhere she gave them a Hotmail address to send all the information on the case and why they were surveilling the added that every time they see him, their balls would feel like someone had kicked left the agents, returned home, and fell asleep.

During breakfast, Li told Mom to act like a lady and resist kicking anyone in the balls at work laughed and said, “That’s your job. ” Mom left for work, and Li bypassed golf and hopped the back drove the electric motorcycle to the pole barn and checked he remembered the water meter and the fiber internet box by the street, but inside his drove the F250 to Home Depot, rented a ditch witch, purchased 30 1” sticks of PVC schedule pipe with connectors, primer, glue, and 200 feet of string.

He returned to the pole barn and dug a trench from the boxes to the rear of the pole laid the water pipe, installed a pull string in the pipe for the fiber cable, and glued the he covered up the trench, leaving both ends open for connections, and returned the ditch witch to Home picked up parts to connect to the water meter and secure the end until he could do the plumbing in his to the pole barn, he connected to the water meter and stubbed the other end with a faucet.

Li covered the hole at the meter, turned on the water, and checked the the air in the line cleared, the pressure was all he had to do was get fiber cable and connectors, and he could finish the still needed to be done, but a small septic system would work locked up the pole barn and rode the motorcycle covered it with a camo tarp, hopped the fence, stripped, and dove into the pool.

He swam a few laps to cool off, then lay on the lounge to dry dry, he went to the kitchen, ate a late lunch, and thought of everything that needed to be done on the pole wished he could hire someone to do it, but no one could know about it, and it wasn’t worth the lunch, he showered and checked his email first, then his Hotmail agents Plum and Tucker sent him the operation operation was called “Lee Mein,” and Li laughed at the name.

There was no definition of the reason for the operation, just a national security tag, and to observe and knew the cockroach in the White House was responsible, and he had an idea who it was, but had no way to prove switched gears and did the homework for his online college finished, and sensing Mom was near, he dressed and went to the arrived with Mexican takeout, and they sat down to eat.

During dinner, Mom said someone tried the same shit again, passing off work to went to the production manager, Ava Sanchez, and reported the problem. I was only to have five projects, not asked me to finish them, and she would handle the told her,” You know the security footage will show who put them in the mail chute. ” Mom said you’re right, and look at it tomorrow finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to bed.

Li woke up at midnight, dressed in dark clothes, and “Ghost Walked” behind the SUV at the end of the was a new set of agents: Mike Barnes and Todd had just been transferred from DC and were to report directly to Assistant Director Bob tapped the mediation once and got into the back seat of the gave them the same instructions, including the pain in their returned home and fell asleep.

Early Wednesday morning, Li was in the basement practicing martial arts on the heavy finished, went to his room, showered, dressed, and went to the arrived, and they ate breakfast, then drove to Scripps Research made it to Mom’s lab without any trouble, and Li pulled up the security said shit, that’s Drs Jay Groves and Gary copied it to a USB stick and said, “Let’s wait and see what Ava Sanchez does. ”

Li asked Mom what she did with the projects that weren’t said nothing yet, but planned to do them because Ava asked her said that’s bullshit, grabbed the projects and took them to Drs Jay Groves and Gary threw the projects on their desks and said, “Do your own damn jobs. ” Try dumping your work on again, and I’ll shove them up your ass, and he left them Li returned, Mom asked what he did, and she laughed when he told her.

They got to work with Mom on an experiment and with Li on analyzing and entering the Manager Ava Sanchez called Kim and asked her to come to her said it was showtime, and they went to Ava’s told Li he wasn’t needed, and he said, “Too bad, because it concerns me. ” Ava told Kim we can’t have people throwing things and threatening said he didn’t throw anything or threaten anyone. I just returned their work and told them to do their own damn jobs.

Ava told Li that it wasn’t his job, and he said, “Let’s go to the CEO’s office and discuss it. ” But you’re right, it isn’t my job, but it is , either you do yours or someone else said I agreed to help out, but I don’t work for , in the future, ask first and tell those assholes, Jay and Gary, that Li is a man of his left Ava shocked and laughed on the way back to the lab.

Production manager Ava Sanchez went to see Harold Brock, the CEO, and knocked on his office waved Ava in and asked what the problem told him, and he laughed, saying that sounds like told Ava the reason she’s here is that George Whittingham allowed the same told her to manage the researchers, or he’ll find someone who , one more thing, tell whoever pissed Li off that he’s a man of his left, shocked, and returned to her office.

Kim and Li finished their work, cleaned the lab, and then headed Finkleman called and asked Li how they got invited to The Angels Ball for cancer research in New told Andrew that his grandparents, James and Joan King, go every year and they invited said, “Holy shit, you’re related to James and Joan King. ” No wonder you got a ton of press coverage at the ’ve been buried with calls asking about you.

Andrew said there’s some bad movie promos are being released on be prepared to get some more , for the good news, I’ve arranged two interviews next week, on Tuesday and are at 10 a. m. , so I’ve booked a hotel room for you on Tuesday night. I’ll email you the itinerary by Friday, and he said said Andrew seemed too happy, and Mom laughed and stopped for Italian takeout and arrived home.

While they ate, Mom asked Li if he had any idea what the promos would be, and he said he had no if the digital billboards are any indication, it won’t be said to wear a disguise when going out and avoid crowded said, “Thanks for the excellent advice, Mommy,” and they finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read two law textbooks and then fell asleep.

After breakfast, on Thursday morning, Mom left for work, and Li drove to the Torrey Pines Golf warmed up on the practice range, then went to the starting line and teed was the first in the course, and he enjoyed playing at his own had been over a week since he last played the course, and it took a few holes to feel the 9^th hole, Li was using his full strength on his drives and regaining his form.

When he finished the 18^th hole, Li didn’t add up his score and headed to the pro shop to put his clubs in his Li saw Drs Jay Groves and Gary Cline warming up on the practice , he took out his phone and walked up to the elevated he was filming them, Gary said it was great to get paid to play golf three times a says, “Yeah, and no one is wise to us, only working two days. ” Li stopped the video recording and headed home.

Li stopped at the Burger King drive-thru on the way to arrival, while eating, he anonymously sent the video to the Scripps CEO, Harold the subject, he put “Researchers Hard at Work. ” After lunch, Li looks online for fiber-optic cable and sees a Verizon outlet are only open on Fridays and Saturdays, so he would visit them on he checks his anonymous Hotmail email and reads the FBI Agents’ laughed at their colorful way of saying nothing was happening or actionable.

Then he remembered his alias, John Conroe, and his mailbox at the postal got dressed, drove the F-150 to the store, picked up his mail, and returned went through it and was surprised by the amount of junk only thing worth keeping was the auction listed the auctions for the next month, and one looked promising if he could attend it on threw the junk mail into the recycling bin and retrieved the drone from his basement hidden lab.

Li flew it to the Jacksons’ and Korra were sunbathing nude with their friends Cindi and was an audio button on the controller, and he pushed was telling Cindi and Lori about their Sunday lunch with Kim and Li and Lori begged to be invited, but Korra told them their Mom wouldn’t let we’ll give you a full report, and their friends called them selfish laughed, and Li continued his tour of the neighborhood and returned the drone home.

He returned the drone to the hidden lab and sensed Mom was nearby, so he watched through the front entered the cul-de-sac, and the FBI SUV parked at the end of the brought home Italian takeout, and they sat down to told Li that something happened at work today involving Ava and the researchers, Groves and Gary were called to the CEO’s office via the intercom at lunchtime.

Li told her he had seen and recorded doctors Jay Groves and Gary Cline at the Torrey Pines practice told her what they said, and he sent it anonymously to Harold said, “Holy shit, they’re in deep trouble along with Ava, for not knowing about their absence. ” Li played the video he took, and they said tomorrow should be interesting, and Li finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their bypassed reading and crashed.

Early Friday morning, Li was in the basement attacking the gauntlet of heavy bags with his martial arts envisioned the FBI agents watching the house, and he put them down to his room, Li showered, dressed, and went to the arrived, and while they ate, she reminded him that the pool and the lawn needed promised to think about it, and they took off for work, and Li hopped the rear fence and rode the motorcycle to the pole barn.

Li drove the F250 to the Verizon company store and was surprised at what they had for filled a shopping cart and went to the checkout. $210 for what he got was a bargain, and he returned to the pole ran the fiber optic cable through the PVC pipe and made the connections at the used the manual he purchased and the diagram on the connection done, he covered the hole and placed debris over both the water meter and the fiber-optic boxes.

He ran the line into the pole barn and up to his made the connection to a wall receptacle he purchased and was done for locking up the pole barn, he rode the electric motorcycle home and put the camo cover over the fence, Li performed the pool maintenance and added he finished, Li went into the kitchen and made lunch.

While eating, he checked the “Audio Books (AB)” program he developed for Noah Bishop from Britain’s Special was a secure communications program for their field agents to receive and send sensitive wasn’t surprised to see that Noah had requested a responded that Sunday morning was available here or Tuesday afternoon in agreed to meet at the UC San Diego library at 9 a. Sunday.

Li finished lunch, then mowed the lawn with the riding thought about his meeting with Noah and the problems they had last decided to wear a disguise and take the same precautions as finished the lawns, put the riding mower away, stripped, and drove into the swam some laps to cool off and lay on the pool lounge to dry bugged him about the drone footage yesterday, so he went inside, showered, dressed, and got the drone and controller from the hidden lab.

He brought it outside and launched the he circled the neighborhood, he identified the issue bugging house two doors down, across the street from the Jacksons’ house, looked circled the drone and lowered it to look in the kitchen and living room were sparsely furnished when a van pulled into the driveway and into the elevated the drone and watched three men and a woman bring equipment into the house.

Li said shit, they’re setting up a surveillance watched them empty the van and close the didn’t look like the FBI, and he’d have to visit them tonight and find out who they brought the drone home and took it to the basement, hidden plugged the controller and the drone into the charger, then went Mom was near, he watched out the living window as Mom arrived, followed by the FBI’s SUV, which parked at the end of the street.

Mom brought home Mexican takeout, and while they ate, she told Li about her said Ava wasn’t there, and neither was Drs Jay Groves and Gary said she heard rumors at lunch that Jay Groves and Gary Cline were fired one knew what happened to Ava Sanchez, but there was a man in her office looking through files and the said it was probably an investigator or a forensic accountant checking her files to see if she was involved.

Mom said Ava’s dead meat if she knew about the researcher’s work would be hard not to notice their lack of productivity when they work only two days a asked if Drs Groves and Cline followed her from El said shit, they arrived when she did, so you must be finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read another book about the Haung clan and fell asleep.

Then the dream started, and Li was sitting in a old Chinese man with a long gray beard and hair instructed him on pressure points and strike point on the body was highlighted, along with what happened when it was hit or pressure was effects ranged from temporary to permanent, including he practiced on a dummy until the old Chinese man was satisfied, he knew the critical dream ended, and Li woke up.

It was midnight, and he dressed in dark clothes, put on a ski mask, gloves, and got his “Ghost Walked” to the house two doors down and went to the kitchen looked inside, and everyone was asleep, and he picked the in the living room, he tapped the medallion once and told everyone to go into a deep read their minds, and they were contractors hired by Assistant Director of Homeland Security Derrick Morgan.

Their mission was to plant audio and video in the Lees’ home and monitor all their loaded all their equipment into the van, then applied pressure to the point, inducing deep sleep and memory ensure they didn’t wake loaded them into the van and drove to the pole noticed the FBI SUV wasn’t parked at the end of the unloaded the equipment and scanned it and the van for found two and crushed them, then loaded an electric motorcycle in the back.

Li drove to a vacant industrial building and parked in the stripped them and applied pressure to the point for permanent memory wiped down the areas he had touched, took their clothes, and rode the motorcycle back to the pole left the clothes, jogged home, and checked the FBI SUV was still gone, and he wondered where they had , he returned to bed and fell asleep.

Saturday morning, Li met Mom in the kitchen, and she said,” Let’s go yard sale got a ball cap and sunglasses, and they dove to the convenience purchased a newspaper, and they went to McDonald’ eating breakfast, they scanned the classifieds and found four-yard breakfast, they went to the first yard sale, and Mom bought two sweaters and a second yard sale had a lot of interesting things, but nothing they needed.

At the third yard sale, Li bought three boxes of books from the said her late husband was a scientist and worked at Lockheed Martin, the defense fourth yard sale was picked over, so they headed saw the FBI SUV at the end of their street noticed it too and asked Li about said they’ve been watching us since we got home from New York.

Arriving home, Mom called their lawyer, Olivia Keys, and asked her to research whether any surveillance warrants had been issued on asked why, and Mom said we’ve been under FBI surveillance for a going to Spain in a week and don’t want any trouble with our said she would make some inquiries and call us back on Monday, and said goodbye.

While eating lunch, Mom said there better not be any issues with our there are, we’ll start suing every swing dick in the said, “You go after their dicks, and I’ll take care of their balls,” and they Mom called the police and reported an FBI vehicle parked on their street for a week, watching their asked whether a patrol car could request a warrant authorizing its agreed to send a patrol car and would let them know the result.

The police sent two cruisers and had the two FBI agent out of their SUV and handcuffed in their cruisers. A police officer knocked on their door and told Mom that the FBI agents were performing an illegal surveillance without a gave Mom the agent’s names and called Olivia again and told her what happened, and gave her the agents’ said that’s great news and now I can go straight to a federal judge, so keep your phone handy on Monday, and said goodbye.

Li said, “Wow, Mom’s a badass,” and they lunch, Li hopped the rear fence and rode the electric motorcycle to the pole moved the equipment into the hidden storage will be pissed about losing all this equipment, and he wondered whether Homeland Security had purchased it for the connected a laptop to his internet connection and tested was shocked at how quickly it happened, and it must have been a main-line tap.

Then he considered setting up some of the equipment for his own were servers, hard drives, and racks, so they were planning on an extended stay or had additional plans besides watching separated the equipment he would use and then headed parked the motorcycle under the camo tarp, hopped the fence, and went to his room.

Assistant Director of Homeland Security Derrick Morgan was nervous as the contractors he sent to La Jolla to surveil the Lees missed their picked up over 250k worth of equipment in LA and called to say they were heading to the observation , Derrick was worried that he personally approved the op off the had to authorize the equipment, lease the house for a year, and give the contractors a 50k advance to get them to agree.

Derrick planned to use the house for their operations in the San Diego area and also for northern would legitimize his expenditures, and no one would know about the illegal with the contractors not responding, he was worried about the equipment he was no way to hide or cover the decided to fly to San Diego and visit the prayed that the contractors were just hungover and not missing.

Mom called him to dinner, and while they ate, Li told her he was going to the UC San Diego bookstore tomorrow ’s getting more e-books, and Mom asked if he was planning on testing out of more said yes, but he needs to meet with a counselor and plan which wants to spend the least time on campus as possible, and Mom agreed it was a good finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read two books on negotiation and mediation and fell asleep.

Chapter 2

After breakfast on Sunday morning, Li went to UC San Diego wearing his Padres ballcap and went to the bookstore and bought eight more e-books for courses he was interested also got a hoodie sweatshirt and charged everything with his scholarship credit he went to the library and went to the second-floor study tables with a view of the Bishop entered, and two young men followed into the stayed at the entrance, and the other one followed him into the stood against the wall by the elevator doors, his hoodie over his head.

Noah exited first, then the young man, and Li put him into a deep sleep by pressure looked shocked as Li carried the young man into the book racks and set him against a told Noah there was another one waiting for him at the stayed in the book racks, and Noah asked Li to develop a program that would encrypt data to be sent, with the receiver needing a key to unlock and read needs to be able to send and receive at each site.

Li said he could do it, but it’s most vulnerable with the people using said it was for their embassies and that only one person would be qualified to use the asked if they were looking forward to their trip to laughed and said he figured you would know about we were having trouble with the FBI and illegal , we may not go unless our attorney crushes a few swinging dicks and they looked at the sleeping young man and asked Noah CIA?

Noah said that was his guess, and they exited the library by the side told Noah he would notify him with the “AB” program when he completes the project, and they shook hands drove home, and when he arrived, Mom told him to hurry to get ready for their lunch with the told Mom he had to organize his sock drawer, so he asked her to express his laughed and told him to get his ass in gear, and he reluctantly went to change.

Returning to the kitchen, he told Mom he wasn’t wearing a swimsuit under his if he has to go swimming, he’ll go in the laughed and said there would be no nude swimming, and they went to the answered the door, invited them inside, and led them to the and Korra were sitting at the table, and greetings were lunch was served, the questions started about how he got the acting job.

Li said his first acting job was in New Mexico, and it was canceled before his part was shot. “The Reckoning at Willow Bend” was supposed to be a bit part for an injured filming, they changed the script, and my part became more asked what type of clothes he was wearing in the told them he hasn’t seen the promos, so he doesn’t said it’s the same as the billboard ads, and Li said, “Oh, they’re called skins. ”

Indians and cowboys wore them in the 1800s, and they were made with deer Indian lady made them for me while I was on the set in New way they fit is unique, and I had to put them on, soak in the shower, and let the sun dry them while wearing ’re soft and comfortable to wear after they’re said they don’t hide much, and Li said they airbrushed that area to avoid showing too much , the censors would raise the movie rating.

They finished lunch, and Kayla and Korra invited Li to go apologized, saying he wasn’t wearing his if they wanted to flash the girls, he had no at the table laughed, and Katherine changed the subject, asking Kim what they had planned for the said, “Well, for me it’s work, and for Li, he has two movie interviews this we leave for Spain on Saturday for a week. ” Korra asked what they were doing in Spain.

Kim said she’s a member of the International Science Foundation, which holds quarterly meetings last meeting was in the British Virgin ’s a week full of meetings, but we got to meet Prince William on the last also got to play a round of golf with bad part is the travel and the time lunch finally thanked Katherine, Kayla, and Korra for lunch, and Li told Katherine he was up for a threesome anytime, paused, then said, “At golf,” and everyone laughed.

On the way home, Li said, “Thank God it was over. ” He asked Mom to avoid accepting any invitations for a was like he was a steak, and Kayla and Korra hadn’t eaten in a laughed and said she noticed their constant staring at said yes, and if you don’t want grandkids, you’d better keep me away from during lunch, they were running their feet up my legs.

Arriving home, Li went to his room and looked at the boxes of books he had purchased the day was surprised to find David Busby’s work journals at the bottom of each was no way Lockheed Martin would have let these get out if they had Journals were about the projects David worked on and the chemical compounds he rest of the books were reference books concerning chemical compounds and material structures.

Mom called him to dinner, interrupting his exploration, and Li put the books in the closet and went to the they ate, Mom said they were leaving at 6 a. getting breakfast on the way to way, we’ll avoid any issues from your promos or the turmoil at work, and Li finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read one of the scientists’ journals and fell asleep.

Li was in the basement early Monday morning, practicing martial arts on the heavy envisioned two attackers and killed them many he practiced the targeted strikes he learned in the dream and returned to his showered and noticed his tattoos and medallion were illuminated and pulsating as he dried got dressed and went to the arrived and took off for work in the stopped at a Carls -thru on the way for breakfast.

Upon arrival at the Scripps Research Institute, they went to Mom’s lab without ate breakfast, and Li got the projects and mail from the projects were assigned, and they each took were involved, and they didn’t finish until said, “Let’s take a break,” and they went to the cafeteria for entered, got their food, and found a eating, Li said maybe this wasn’t a wise idea as everyone was staring at them.

One female lab tech asked Li for an said, “Sure,” but no skin or panties, given the professional setting, and everyone laughed, including those at the nearby autographed a napkin, and Katie left finished lunch without any further interruptions and returned to the started analyzing the results and inputting the data into the started another project, and by the end of the day, they had completed three experiments.

On the way home, Olivia called and said your problem is met with a federal judge who called the US Attorney General, and they are investigating who authorized the illegal federal judge issued a restraining order against the FBI, and the red flag was removed from your , you can travel without any thanked Olivia, and they said goodbye.

Mom stopped for Chinese takeout, and they noticed there wasn’t an FBI SUV following them eating dinner, Mom asked when he was leaving for his interview in the said to go around 4 a. avoid rush hour, then he’ll get breakfast and try to check into the hotel asked him to call after his interview, and they finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their packed for an overnight stay, including his audio/video bug detector, lock pick, disguise, and $500 in cash for an emergency, and crashed.

Li woke up at 3:30 a. m. , showered, dressed, grabbed his laptop, and an overnight went to the F150, loaded his bags, and drove to stopped at Denny’s and ate , he went to the Hilton hotel and sweet-talked the clerk into letting me check in didn’t have any suites, but he got a business suite that was fine for an overnight swept the room for audio bugs and was clean, so he headed to Warner Bros Studios.

He arrived at 9:45 and checked in with the 10 a. m. , a man entered the lobby, and introductions were was Alan Cross, the director, and Li followed him to a conference introduced Li to Jon Reed, the producer, and Cindy Bach, the asked him about his acting experience and education, and were blown away to learn he had two master’s degrees and a bachelor’s degree.

They asked about the sports he played, hobbies, and languages he blew them away again when he said Russian, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Cindy gave him a script sample and asked him to read the highlighted also had him read it in Italian, Spanish, and was the crime/murder/mystery movie that Andrew told him he finished, Li tagged their phones and read their minds.

They were impressed but unsure about his lack of acting thanked him for interviewing and said they would contact his thanked them for the interview and returned to the arrival, he ordered room service and called Andrew told Andrew about the interview, and Andrew said not to worry, and he would call when they contacted said to call after his interview tomorrow and said goodbye.

Li called Mom and told her he was settled in the hotel and about the asked him to call tomorrow after his interview, and they said service arrived, and he ate, thinking about the program for Noah came up with a plan and began would be one base computer able to send documents and messages to remote stations could receive and send only to the base station.

Unique encryption keys would be assigned to each station and wouldn’t work at any other it were the program, it would be erased at both program would be protected from hackers and planned to install tracking bots to track potential hackers and copy made great headway on the program, saved his work, and ordered room service for dinner.

While eating, he logged into his cloud account and checked on the phone tags of Alan Cross, the director, and Jon Reed, the planned to offer him the part and make a low-ball contract laughed and planned to reject anything under scale for the he checked the phone tags of Kayla and Korra were actively texting their friends Cindi and Lori about and Lori were pissed they didn’t get an autograph or a selfie with laughed, logged off the cloud, and went to bed.

Assistant Director of Homeland Security Derrick Morgan landed in San Diego, rented a SUV, and drove to the stakeout was dark inside, so he broke a window and went one was there, and no were signs of someone being there, but no personal checked the garage, and it was returned to the airport, wondering what had happened to the contractors and the equipment.

There were no flights until tomorrow morning, so he got dinner at a Burger King drive-thru and rented a motel room for the picked up a San Diego Times on the way to his room and ate dinner while reading was an article about four men and a woman found nude in a van behind a vacant authorities said they had total memory loss and couldn’t remember anything, including their suspected the group had taken drugs and accidentally wondered if they were his contractor crew, finished dinner, and fell asleep.

Li woke up early Wednesday morning and went to the hotel did a light workout on the weight machine and returned to his showered, dressed, packed, and checked out of the went to Denny’s for breakfast, then went to Warner arrived 30 minutes early and checked in with the 10 a. m. , a man entered the lobby, and introductions were was Kirk Howle, the director, and Li followed him to a conference room.

Kirk introduced Li to Devin Moss, the producer, and Lynne West, the asked him about his acting experience and education, and were blown away to learn he had two master’s degrees and a bachelor’s they asked about the sports he played, hobbies, and languages he blew them away again when he said Russian, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Lynne handed Li a sample script and asked him to read it.

They also requested him to read it in Russian and Italian, and he read their minds and tagged their phones when was a sports fixing movie about a basketball team shaving points and fixing thanked Li for coming in, and they would call his thanked them for the interview and the way home, he called Andrew Finkleman and told him about the interview, and didn’t play said not to worry, they can provide training if they want you for the part.

Andrew said he would call when he heard something and said stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru for lunch and went he ate, Li called Mom and told her he was home and about the asked about his chances of getting the part, and Li said it’s movie is about basketball, and he hasn’t played the said training would be provided if they want me for the part, so who said she would be home early and said goodbye.

After lunch, Li went to the pool, stripped, and swam laps for thirty he was done, he got out and dried off on the poolside dry, he went inside, showered, and continued programming the project for Noah was in a zone and finished the program as he sensed Mom was saved his work, dressed, and went to the eating dinner, Mom said Ava was still missing, along with Drs Groves and Cline.

Li said that’s too bad about Ava, but she didn’t have the right personality for the isn’t assertive enough, and Mom said she won’t need him for the rest of the week unless there is a last-minute asked when they leave for Spain, and Mom said early Saturday ’s over a fourteen-hour flight and then the time are 8 hours ahead of dinner, they said goodnight and went to their read another law textbook and fell asleep.

After breakfast on Thursday morning, Mom headed to work, and Li went to the Torrey Pines Golf warmed up on the practice range, then went to the starting teed off using full power and enjoyed being the first on the was in a zone, and before he realized it, Li was on the 18th green putting and sank a 20-foot didn’t keep score, and Li took his clubs to the planned on playing some golf in Spain while Mom attended the meetings.

Li stopped at Carl’s -thru for lunch and continued on eating lunch, Andrew Finkleman called to say he had received a contract proposal for the crime/murder/mystery working title is “Murder at the Lake. ” The offer isn’t good, so it will take some time to negotiate a reasonable told Andrew to take his time, and he would be in Spain for the next week.

Andrew asked what he was doing in Spain, and Li said the King of Spain had asked him to contribute his genes to the royal family ’s a dirty job, but he gets a title, and Andrew roared with told him they were attending the International Science Federation said he would call when there’s progress on the contract or news on the other interview, and said goodbye.

Li went to the rear fence, hopped it, and rode the electric motorcycle to the pole checked the new water line, then hooked up the battery tenders on the tractor, F250, and the locked up the pole barn, returned home, parked the motorcycle under the camo tarp, and hopped the hooked up the battery minders to the Range Rover and the went to the pool, stripped, dove in, and swam laps for thirty minutes.

While drying off on the poolside lounge, Li thought about what to bring to audio bug and video detector were a must, along with a lockpick wondered if Spain would be a good place to deliver the encoding program to Noah thought he would notify him via the AB app and see where the best place to meet will be an interesting trip, and he wondered what agencies would be following him.

Was Mossad still pissed at him for beating up two of their agents in the British Virgin Islands? The CIA would surely keep an eye on him, and that reminded Li to bring his alias, John Conroe, ID, disguises, and some he wondered if the movie promos and ads had been released headed to the shower, then called Andrew asked him if he knew if the promos had been released internationally.

Andrew said he didn’t know but would make a warned Li that if they were to be prepared for a lot of is more liberal than the US, so the film and photos may not be said shit, and Andrew laughed, hanging Mom was nearby, he dressed and went to the arrived with Mexican takeout, and while they ate, she said I’m taking tomorrow off. I’ve completed all the projects and placed the order for supplies.

There is too much to do before we leave on Saturday to go in told her about the contract offer for the crime/murder/mystery working title is “Murder at the Lake. ” But the offer isn’t good, so it will take some time to negotiate a reasonable fee, or he’ll other news isn’t so is checking, but if the promos and ads were released in Europe, they may not be are more liberal, so prepare yourself and pick up some Sharpies while you’re running errands tomorrow.

Mom said, “Oh my god, you’ve got to be kidding. ” Li said,” No, I need some Sharpies,” and Mom said about the promos and ads, and Li said no, according to I’ll know for sure they are, maybe you should get some magazines with the movie ad for the laughed hard, and when she recovered, she said, “You’re incorrigible. ” They finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to bed.

Li was in the basement early Friday morning, practicing martial arts on the heavy would be his last workout for a week, and he made it in sweat, he went to his room, showered, dressed, and headed to the arrived, and they ate breakfast, then she took off to run yelled not to forget his Sharpies, oh, and personal protection, and she flipped him off, laughing.

He checked his anti-cloning app on his phone and the security on his was sure there would be attempts to get his data on their he sent Noah Bishop a message through the “Audio Books” app telling him the project was there were distribution issues they needed to he disconnected his computer and took it to the hidden lab in the put it in the armory and then returned to his room.

Li hooked up his old computer and checked the security designed a trap that hackers could not resist, and they would unknowingly open a Pandora’s had already caught the FBI hacking into his computer and wondered who else would try during their he began packing the items he knew he needed and put his golf club in the travel knew Mom would help him select the clothes he needed, and he changed into his swimsuit.

Mom arrived home with lunch while Li was swimming laps and told him to get his ass out of the got out of the pool, and Mom said that swimwear is threw him a towel and told Li to get cleaned up for cleaned up and returned to the they ate lunch, she said, “After lunch, I’ll help you select your wardrobe for the trip. ” There may be special events, so you’ll need to bring three suits and a tux.

Li asked to see the items she purchased for him, and Mom said everything’s in the 4Runner, but not what you asked for, said shit, he’ll have to run to the you think a female clerk could help him with the condom selection? Mom laughed hard, and when she recovered, she said, “You won’t need them. ” Li said ok, but you’d better hope you don’t get a visitor in a year calling you ‘grandma’ in Spanish.

That ended lunch, and when Mom recovered, they went to his selected the suits, shirts, ties, and the tux for him to bring, then went to her room to finished packing and checked the “AB” sent a message that they will meet in Madrid, Spain, early next Li checked his emails and spent 30 minutes deleting the checked the Hotmail account for the FBI agents’ reports, and they were at a stand-down ordered by the director.

Li downloaded the e-books he purchased from the UC San Diego bookstore for some reading material for the he did the homework for his online college courses, and when he finished, Mom called that dinner was eating, Mom said we are leaving at 4:45 a. avoid any issues with security reminded Li to bring reading material for the long asked if he could borrow some of her romance novels, and Mom laughed and said finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read a book on negotiation, then fell asleep.

Saturday at 4:45 a. met Mom in the kitchen and loaded their bags in the locking up the house and setting the alarm, they headed to the found a luggage cart, and they went to the ticket checked their bags, got boarding passes, and went through security without an almost an hour before their flight, they went to McDonald’s in the terminal and got breakfast.

The flight took off on time, and they transferred to another plane at there, they stopped in New York for fuel and additional passengers, then continued on to Madrid, ’s over a fourteen-hour flight and then the time is 8 hours ahead of us in San arrived at 3 a. time, cleared customs, and took a taxi to the hotel.

They checked into the hotel at 4:30 and went to their said, “Let’s take a nap and get up at noon. ” Li agreed, and they carried their bags to their got out the audio bug and video detector and swept the living room, kitchen, his room, and would have to check Mom’s room when she was gone, and he the alarm went off, they got up, showered, and ordered room service for eating, Mom said, “This sucks, not having an extra day to left on Friday last time, and had the weekend to get used to the time change. ”

They finished lunch, and Li said, “Let’s get out and see the city. ” Mom said she’s staying in and resting, and Li said, “Come on, Grandma, the exercise will do you good. ” Mom laughed, punched Li in the shoulder, and said, “I’ll get you chasing him out of the room. ” They walked around the hotel, checking out the stores, and then Li saw a digital billboard advertising his movie, “The Reckoning at Willow Bend. ” He pointed it out to Mom and asked what she said, “Oh my god, she couldn’t believe they would exhibit such filth. ”

Li said there’s a bookstore, and maybe they have some magazines for the laughed and said they weren’t buying any said, “Just think you’d have friends for life and be invited to pool parties every weekend. ” They laughed and continued window to the hotel, they looked at the brochures and picked a short city asked the concierge about nearby golf courses, and the concierge said, “I’ll make arrangements for you at the Villa de Madrid golf course. ”

Li gave him a $100 tip and thanked him for his took the city tour, and it lasted about two saw the Royal Palace, El Retiro Park, Plaza Mayor, Puerta de Alcalá, El Rastro Market, and the Templo de said they had more time, and it would be fun to shop at El Rastro Market and visit a few said it sounded like a load of fun, and they laughed before returning to their suite.

Mom said she was going to lie down for an hour before said he was going to check out the hotel and locate the gym and the room, Li noticed a man at the end of the , he bypassed the elevator and entered the stood against the wall by the door and waited. A minute later, the man entered the stairwell, and Li knocked him read the man’s mind, and he was Carl Swann, a CIA job was to observe and report on the places Li Lee visited and the people he had contact with.

Li tapped his medallion once and told Carl to ignore Li Lee and report that he observed no unusual Li carried him to the stairs and gave Carl a fell down the stairs and hit the wall with a to the hallway, Li took the elevator to the lobby and checked out the gym and gym was well-equipped, and the pool was almost Olympic-sized, perfect for swimming he visited the hotel stores and bought a new swimsuit that his Mom would was a Speedo, but smaller than his, as worn by competitive swimmers.

He then went to the bookstore across the street and purchased five magazines that had his movie “The Reckoning at Willow Bend” was a drugstore a few doors away, and he bought a two-pack of black and multicolored to the suite, he put his purchases away, checked the time, and yelled, “Wake up, Grandma, it’s dinner time. ” Mom opened the bedroom door and threw a pillow at him, laughing.

She ordered room service, then asked if he had found the said yes, and the pool was good for swimming I went to the bookstore and offered to sign the magazines for 25 sold out in thirty minutes, and Mom laughed and called me a service arrived, and they ate dinner while discussing said he needed to wear a suit for the conference said yes, Mommy, and they laughed, finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their stashed his goodies and cash under the dresser and fell asleep.

Chapter 3

Li woke up early Monday morning, put on sweats, and went to the did a light workout on the weight machine, then returned to the showered, dressed, and went to the living met him, and they went to the were several people with the International Science Foundation, and a shuttle bus took them to the convention and Li signed in and got their IDs on a entering the conference hall, they found a breakfast bar and helped themselves.

It was fun eating standing up, and Mom said we’re eating beforehand said speak for yourself. I plan on playing a round of laughed and said,” Let’s wait and see what’s planned first. ” At 8:45, everyone entered the conference auditorium and took their International Science Foundation President, Colin York, welcomed everyone to the conference in Spain.

He gave everyone an update on the projects the International Science Foundation was working on, including the ambassadorships and the researcher exchange were working through some minor issues, but hopefully by the next conference in Japan, everything will be announced the working groups and told attendees that everyone would attend each one during the said a schedule is at the exits and ended his speech.

Li pretended to be asleep, and Mom elbowed him in the ribs, telling him to get a move told her she had interrupted a good dream, and Mom laughed, saying we have a work group to group was about how to avoid cross-contamination of listened to the presentation, already knowing everything being taught and practiced it in their lab.

At lunch break, Li said he learned a lot about serializing surfaces, slides, and should be doing that, and they said some of the people here come from third-world countries that don’t have the resources we they’re short-staffed and under pressure to produce causes you to take shortcuts, and they’re reinforcing basic lab protocol.

The afternoon section featured new lab equipment, and Li said the microscope with the display on the 13-inch monitor was agreed and said she would get some information on it before they conference broke up at 4 p. m. , and they headed back to the wanted to check out the hotel shops, so Li said he was going to the swept the suite with the detector and found two audio bugs in the living their rooms were clear, so he put the detector away.

Li put the audio bugs under his dresser and went looking for the was in the linen closet, and Li shut it off and put it with the wondered who put them in their room and looked online for nanny cams in Madrid, was a store two miles from the hotel, so he took a taxi and purchased were alarm clocks for the bedrooms, and one was a wall clock for the returned and was installed in the suite before Mom returned.

Mom arrived with two bags and said they had some nice clothes in the putting her purchases away, Mom ordered room service, and Li told her about finding audio bugs in the was pissed until he told her about the nanny cams he said we’ll turn them on when we leave and turn them off when we ’ll know who put them in tomorrow when they come and check the service arrived, they ate dinner, and when finished, said goodnight and went to bed.

Early Tuesday morning, Li put on his swimsuit and robe, then went to the hotel gym/ swam laps for 45 minutes, then returned to the suite, showered, dressed, and ordered room knocked on Mom’s door and said,” Get your ass up, or your breakfast will be cold. ” Mom laughed and said she was already up and getting service arrived, and while they ate, Mom asked Li what he planned for the day.

He said, “Play golf this morning, then maybe go to one of the museums,” and Mom told him to be careful, avoid crowds, and wear his disguise even at the golf don’t want anyone to know where we’re staying, or it will cause promised to ditch any horny women before returning to the hotel, and they left for the conference, and Li put on his ball cap and sunglasses and took a taxi to the Villa de Madrid golf course.

Li checked in at the pro shop and was given a week’s guest pass by the got a course guide and went to the practice warmed up, Li went to the starting line and teed followed the course guide, enjoyed the new course challenge, and had difficulty with long grass on the greens were faster than he was used to, and he finally figured out how to hit his approach shot to avoid long that was when he over half way and Li added up his scorecard after finishing the 18^th hole.

He was happy to shoot a three-over-par and returned to the pro bought a polo shirt, a hoodie, and a visor with the golf club’s name on the pro shop, he called a taxi and noticed a man in a car watching returned to the pro shop, asked for a locker, put his clubs in it, and left through the side “Ghost Walked” behind the car and knocked the man his mind, he was CIA agent Tim applied pressure to the point of memory loss and counted to five, then released.

It would only cause him to lose his memory for the last twelve grabbed his laptop and go bag, then met his taxi and returned to the at the suite, Li hacked into the laptop, copied the files to his cloud account, and then formatted the hard he checked his “AB” app, and Noah Bishop left a message to meet in the hotel’s third-floor stairwell at 1 p. acknowledged that he would be there and put his laptop in his shoulder bag.

He exited the suite, checked the hallway, and went down the stairs to the third arrived ten minutes later and asked Li what the delivery problem was for the told Noah that, due to the program’s complexity, all stations must download it from a ’s good for one download, then it erases itself, so it can’t be copied or base program is the same to ensure it doesn’t fall into the enemy’s said,” Let’s go to the embassy, and you lie down in the back seat. ”

They exited the hotel by the rear entrance and went to the British brought Li through a private entrance and then went to the Special Services (MI6) said he would need 50 copies, and Li asked for 51 copying the program, Li explained how it worked to was amazed and looked forward to deploying to their embassies and gave him the temporary password for the master and a different one for the others.

He explained that once the program was installed, if two failed passwords were entered, the program would , the documents can only be sent and received by the master thanked Li for his excellent work and said that a deposit had been made to his Norwegian bank exited through the private entrance, and Noah dropped Li off two blocks from the shook hands, and Noah said he would be in touch and left.

Li circled several blocks to be sure he wasn’t followed, then entered the hotel through the rear climbed the stairs three floors, then took the elevator to his floor and entered the swept the suite and found two more audio checked the nanny cams, and a maid, or a woman dressed as a maid, placed them in the removed the bugs, and the receiver put them under his dresser with the others.

Then he copied the nanny cam footage, went to the front desk, and asked to speak to the manager came out and introduced himself as Mateo Fernandez, and Li asked to speak to him in they got to his office, Li showed Mateo the female maid placing audio bugs in their promised to fire the maid and put a restricted access to their one could enter without their or his thanked him, returned to the suite, and ordered a late lunch.

He read e-books while eating lunch, then watched the local reported that an American was found in a hotel stairway and was recovering at the determined the man tripped or slipped descending the stairs, causing a concussion and several broken was no mention of CIA agent Tim Whitman at the golf course, so that was good news.

Meanwhile, CIA Section Chief Hugh Cline was agents had failed to follow Li Lee, and one fell in the hotel stairway and was in the other agent couldn’t remember anything and went to the hospital for a blood test and test came back normal, and now their maid was fired from the Lee’s and Langley were on his ass for an update, and he had nothing to report. A simple surveillance op turned into a nightmare for him, and he was worried about losing his job.

Mom arrived from her seminar and said today was worse than ordered room service for dinner and said we were invited to the Royal Palace tomorrow night to meet King Felipe and Queen ’s a reception and dinner honoring the International Science Foundation, and it is a black-tie said,” Great,” and he hopes there’s no ass-kissing involved, and they laughed.

Room service arrived, and while they ate, Li told Mom about finding two more audio bugs after reviewing the nanny said he visited the manager, and now their suite has restricted manager promised to fire the maid planting the bugs, and only the manager can let people into the suite while they are said that’s good, and they finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to , tired from all the activity, crashed.

Li went to the hotel gym early Wednesday morning and did a light workout on the weight to the suite, Li showered, dressed, and ordered room service arrived, and Mom came out shortly bowed and said,” Your breakfast is ready, your hind ass. ” Mom laughed and said, “You mean Your Highness?” and Li said no, causing more they ate, Mom told Li that they needed to leave at 5:30 for the Royal be ready, so we’re not late.

He said, “Yes, Mommy, I’ll be ready and waiting with bells on,” and they asked what he was doing today, and Li said to hang around here and avoid attention. I have a feeling tonight will be a media event, and hopefully it won’t ruin the rest of the said she hadn’t thought about that and hoped it wouldn’t cause a nightmare for left for the conference, and Li put on his disguise and then went to the took a taxi to the Villa de Madrid golf course, got his clubs out of the locker, and returned to the hotel.

Li wasn’t going to take a chance with his exposure tonight and thought it was safer to keep the clubs in their put his disguise back on, went to the lobby, took a taxi to El Rastro Market, and looked at the shops and vendors’ bought a leather coat and stopped at a café for the café, Li noticed he had a tail looking at the reflection in the store was a Hispanic man, so he ruled out the CIA, ducked into an alley, and hid behind a dumpster.

When the man entered the alleyway, Li knocked him out, then added a kick to the read the man’s mind, and the man’s name was Jose Garcia, an agent in Spain’s CNI (Centro Nacional de Inteligencia). It was Spain’s international and domestic intelligence agency, and his mission was to surveil Li Lee and document whom he tapped his medallion and told Jose that he got mugged while picking up a hot chick.

He gave Jose some kicks and punches to the body and face, then took his wallet, keys, and cellphone and left the disposed of the items in a storm drain after removing the cash from his took a taxi back to the hotel, showered, and lounged in a robe until 5 p. he went to his room, got dressed in his tux, and went to the living arrived, rushed to her room, changed, and returned to the living tied his bow tie, and they went to the lobby.

There was a group of SUVs waiting, and they got into one and went to the Royal press well documented their entry, and the reception line wasn’t too went first, and she was announced as the Nobel Prize in Science he was announced as a movie star and a college bowed to King Felipe, and it’s a great honor to your highness in he bowed to Queen Letizia and said the same thing.

The queen had a smile on her face, so Li knew she was aware of his movie promos and went to a large dining room, and everyone was was a brief speech by King Felipe welcoming the International Science Foundation to Spain, and he and Queen Letizia supported their work around the was served, and thankfully, the event ended an hour had the driver drop them off at the rear of the hotel, and they went to their suite.

They changed into comfortable clothes and discussed the said you were right about the press, and we can hope it doesn’t cause us any said famous last words and they said I’m going to stay close to the hotel tomorrow and see what the response to our attendance at the Royal Palace said goodnight, went to their rooms, and Li fell asleep immediately.

Li went to the hotel gym/pool early Thursday morning and swam laps for almost an his way back to the suite, he picked up a local newspaper at the reception ordered room service, showered, dressed, and went to the living room service arrived, Li put the newspaper on the dining arrived and saw the headline “Movie star Li Lee visits the Royal Palace” with the International Science Foundation.

Mom said shit, and Li said my sentiments said she will speak with Colin York and see if we can leave on Friday instead of is a short day anyway, and we can avoid any unwanted breakfast, Mom went to the conference, and Li took a cab to the Villa de Madrid golf was taking a chance, but it was better than staying in the suite all checked in at the pro shop and warmed up on the practice range.

Li was the first one to tee off, and he had the golf course to second time playing the course was better, but the greens gave him some groundskeepers moved the holes, which caused him to adjust his approach shots finished the 18^th hole and added up his was surprised he shot a four under called a taxi, and when they left, the press vans were going the opposite way to the golf course.

He had the taxi drop him off two blocks from the hotel, and he entered through the rear were press vans in front, so someone told them he was staying put his golf clubs in the travel bag and thought about put on his John Conroe disguise and went to the hotel enjoyed lunch undisturbed and returned to the Andrew Finkleman called and said you’re on all the entertainment channels and the news.

Andrew asked why he was at the Royal Palace last night, and Li said it was to honor the International Science the way, thanks for warning me about the promos and ads released laughed and said he called the producer and director, and they just returned his said the movie premiere is in two weeks from the producer is playing hardball over the contract for “Murder at the Lake” and asked Li what he wants to do.

Li asked about the sports movie, and Andrew said he got a phone call saying they were interested, but no contract has been offered told Andrew to tell the producer for the Murder at the Lake that we’ll pass on their asked if he was sure, and Li said they really want me, that will get them to make a better said he should hire him to would let him know what happened, and they said goodbye.

He removed his disguise and packed, hoping they could leave early Friday arrived home with dinner, and they sat and said Colin York gave her permission to leave said we did a lot to promote the International Science Foundation last night and understood why we wanted to leave , I changed our flight, and we depart at 3 a. means we need to leave at 1:30 to make our flight.

Li said that leaving that early would help us avoid the media, and Mom said they were camped out in front of the hotel when she , she had the taxi drop her off at the rear told Li to pack tonight so we can leave right away, and he said I’m already told Mom to be sure to pack the nanny cam alarm finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their packed his and got the kitchen clock, and then crashed.

Their wake-up call came at 1 a. m. , and they arrived at the airport around checked their bags, got boarding passes, and breezed through flight departed on time, and it was the reverse of their trip slept on the flight and arrived in San Diego at 7 a. got the 4Runner, and Li got their luggage on a cart and took it to the stopped at Carl’s -thru for breakfast and arrived home at 8:30 a. m.

After eating breakfast, they unloaded the 4Runner and had Li bring his dirty clothes and dry cleaning to the told him she was going to the post office and the dry cleaners, then would be she left, Li went to the hidden lab in the basement and got his computer from the to his room, he disconnected the old computer and connected the good checked his cloud account, and the CIA and Homeland Security tried to hack into his computer.

He was about to check the hacker’s files when he sensed Mom was close by, so he logged off and went to the arrived with a pile of mail and said,” Let’s go to the market. ” She emptied the refrigerator of the expired food, and they headed trip to the market also included Cosco and the time they returned and put the groceries away, it was ate, then Mom said she was tired and went to her room to lie down.

Li hopped the rear fence and rode the electric motorcycle to the pole checked the power, water, and internet, and it was checked the fence, gate, and meter boxes, and there weren’t any , he locked up the pole barn, rode the motorcycle home, and put it under the camo hopped the fence, changed into his swimsuit, and dove into the swam laps, thinking about the trip and all the unwanted attention they received.

He got out and dried on the poolside lounge, then went to his room and showered and went to the basement hidden lab, got the drone and controller, and then went launched the drone and checked the Jacksons’ house one was home, so he checked the surveillance house, and it was vacant course, he saw a mother and daughter sunbathing nude by their house was next door to the Jacksons, and they must have just come outside because they weren’t there before.

Li did a double-take, looking at the woman, and it was federal judge Abigale daughter was about the same age as Kayla and Kora, and wondered if they attended the same returned the drone home and put it back in the hidden that Mom was awake, Li returned to his room and waited for the dinner came fifteen minutes later, and he went to the kitchen.

While they ate, Mom said, “How about we go yard-sale shopping tomorrow morning?” Li agreed if there wasn’t a trip to the mall laughed and said, “No, we’ll avoid the mall until your popularity settles down. ” Li told her what Andrew said about the movie contract and the “The Reckoning at Willow Bend” movie premiere in two said she isn’t looking forward to another formal event.

Li said he could always ask Kayla and Korra, and Mom laughed, saying that would create a shit said make up your mind because they need time to find positive side to that is they will probably be offered acting or modeling jobs, so they won’t be an issue for me said that’s a devious plan, and they finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read another law textbook and then fell asleep.

Early Saturday morning, Li was in the basement attacking the gauntlet of heavy bags with his martial arts felt good to hit something after the week’s layoff, and he returned to his room soaked in showered, dressed, and went to the kitchen, and met went to the convenience store, bought a newspaper, and went to McDonald’s for ate while looking for yard sales in the classified were three, and they headed to the first one.

It was mostly furniture, and Li thought some would be perfect for his apartment in the pole said we don’t need any furniture, so we went to the second yard bought two pairs of earrings and a third yard sale had a lot of things, but nothing they needed, so we headed surprised Li and stopped at the Jacksons’ said I’ll ask Katherine first before offering Kayla and Korra to be your escorts to the premiere.

Mom rang the doorbell, and Katherine asked if Kayla and Korra were home, and Katherine said no, they’re out with invited them inside, and Mom told her the reason for their said,” Oh, thank god you asked me in private. ” She asked what was entailed and how they were getting to the told her they would take a limo, leave around 5 p. m. , and get home after asked about supervision, and Li said he would be with them, along with his agent.

Mom said Li’s agent is Andrew Finkleman with WME, one of the top acting agents in the lucked out meeting him at a charity with Li and Andrew watching out for Kayla and Korra, nothing will happen to asked about the dress, and Li said it’s a black-tie asked Kim why she didn’t want to go, and Kim said she was tired of attending just returned from Spain and met the King and Queen in the Royal Palace.

Katherine asked to think it over, and Li said it’s not a problem if you don’t want them to attend. I’ll go alone, and I won’t tell Kayla and Korra about the Mom didn’t want to go, I thought the girls would enjoy I’ve got to warn you, they may receive offers for acting or modeling. I’ll give Andrew a heads up that they are coming, so he can prepare them on what to they do get offers, he will call you to discuss don’t worry, offers don’t mean shit until there’s a contract.

They left, and Mom felt sorry for Katherine’s ’s damned if she agreed or not, and they home, they ate lunch, then Mom went to her office to sort through the went to his room and listened to the Farsi language completed four CDs before Mom called him to put the program back in his closet and went to the they ate, Mom said there were no plans for tomorrow.

She’s going to relax and rest up for said she has a feeling there will be plenty of work waiting for them on asked if she had a mouse in her pocket, and Mom laughed and told Li,” You’re coming to work on Monday with me. ” There is a chance that the samples will arrive for the Melinda Gates they do, I’ll need your finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to was still adjusting to the time change and crashed.

After breakfast, on Sunday morning, Li grabbed some cash, hopped over the rear fence, and rode the electric motorcycle to the pole hooked up the flatbed trailer to the F250 and drove to the yard sale with the was surprised that most of the furniture was still made an offer on the sofa bed, recliner, coffee table, and kitchen table and lady wanted twice that, so he turned to leave, and she said, “Wait. ”

Li told her she wanted too much, and he could buy new furniture for a couple of hundred finally agreed to his price, and Li paid the lady, then loaded the furniture and returned to the pole was fun getting it into the second-story apartment, but he got it locked up the pole barn, rode the motorcycle home, and covered it with the camo hopped the fence, went to the garage, and drove the F150 to the convenience bought a Sunday newspaper and returned home.

Entering the kitchen, Mom had lunch ready, and while they ate, she saw the said, “Good, I wanted to see if they covered our visit to Spain’s Royal Palace. ” There was an article and a photo of them entering the palace in the entertainment laughed and passed the section to said I’ll bet the producer of ‘The Reckoning at Willow Bend’ had something to do with agreed and said it was a good article.

Then the doorbell rang, and Li looked out the saw it was Katherine, opened the door, and yelled, “Are we having a pool party this afternoon?” Mom saw Katherine, and they said I’ve decided to allow Kayla and Korra to attend the asked Kim what type of dresses the girls should said something elegant and alluring but not too said yes and make sure the girls were covered, and everyone laughed again.

Li told Katherine to tell Kayla and Korra to keep it a secret from will ruin the surprise if one of their friends puts it on social , coach them not to say where they live or go to name, age, and grade in school should be the only personal information revealed unless you want the paparazzi photographing your every move.

I’ve done that and have successfully kept them said she would make sure they didn’t reveal too much information, then returned wondered when Katherine would tell Kayla and said the screams should let us know, and they laughed.

After lunch, Li went to his room to listen to the last four Farsi-language called him to dinner, put the program away, and went to the didn’t realize how late it was, and they sat and ate reminded Li that they were leaving at 6 a. to avoid any issues at ’ll get breakfast on the way and eat in the finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to read a book on negotiation/mediation and fell asleep.

Chapter 4

Li was in the basement, attacking the heavy bags with his martial arts skills early Monday finished, he showered, dressed, and went to the arrived, and they headed to the way, Mom stopped at Carl’s -thru for arrival at Scripps Research Institute, they made it to the lab without any issues.

After breakfast, Li went to the mail chute and got the projects and were seven, so they each took one and got to Li finished his project, he started analyzing and inputting the data into the finished her project and started on Kim received a call that a package at the guard station needed a said shit and went to get it, then returned.

Mom said it was samples for the MGF (Melinda Gates Foundation) ordered lunch delivered, and they worked on the projects assigned by Scripps for the rest of the finished four projects by 5 p. m. , Mom started writing the reports, and Li cleaned the they were done, Mom put the samples in the safe, and they headed the way, Mom stopped for Chinese takeout, and they arrived home.

While eating dinner, she said I’ll need your help on the three remaining projects for Scripps while I work on the MGF said he guessed he could sacrifice his golf game tomorrow to help Mommy, and they you’ll have to give a few of your romance novels to read during said no way, laughing, and said you can bring your own books to finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read another book on the Huang clan and fell asleep.

Then the dream started, and he was dressed like a at the enemy’s compound, Li stripped, grabbed his sword and dagger, then circled the medallion disappeared with his weapons and entered the went to the Zong’s (clan leaders) bedroom, killed the guards, entered the bedroom, and killed the Zong while he was exited the compound, circled the medallion counterclockwise, dressed, and disappeared into the dream ended, and he fell into a deep sleep.

After breakfast on Tuesday morning, they drove to Scripps and went through the hallway entrance to Mom’s lab, Li noticed a ceiling tile out of saw some debris on the floor and went through the was more debris at the lab entrance, and they entered the checked the video surveillance system, and a janitor was the culprit of the attempted solid wall at the lab entrance kept the janitor from gaining access to the lab.

Mom asked what they should do, and Li said it was a security breach and they didn’t know who was now they know there’s a concrete wall protecting the lab, so they will bring the right tools next , he’ll get supplies at lunch time to spend the night and catch the agreed and said she would also call MGF security consultants to fix the problem.

Li started working on Scripps projects on one side of the lab, and Mom worked on MGF’s project on the other worked separately to avoid cross-contamination of their finished two projects by lunch, then ordered a Lyft ride got his laptop, gloves, ski mask, and drove the F150 to picked up a sleeping bag, a camping cot, a mid-sized duffel bag, and the way back to work, he stopped at the In-N-Out Burger drive-thru for ordered a Double-Double burger combo with an extra burger for dinner.

The security guard didn’t pay him any attention as he carried the items into the put everything in his office and then went to the ate lunch, then started on the third he finished, Li analyzed the three experiments and then logged the data into the last thing he did was write the reports for Mom to review and finished her work for the day and put everything in the cleaned the lab, and Mom asked if he was sure he wanted to stay overnight.

Li said yes, he would be fine, and Mom left to go went to his office across the hall and set up the cot and sleeping checked the mini fridge, and there was bottles of water and the extra hamburger from got out his laptop and read course e-books from the UC San Diego bookstore while eating he finished dinner, Li lay down on the sleeping bag and fell asleep.

He woke up sensing danger and checked the was almost 1 a. m. , so he put on his gloves and ski mask and waited by his the fake janitor got to the lab door with his equipment, Ly attacked him from behind and beat him he put him into a deep sleep by pressure point and read his was a PI named Ben James, hired by Cargill CEO Elliott Shipley to get the genetically altered corn seeds and formula.

Li put the equipment in his office, took off Ben’s shirt and ball cap, and put them he removed his keys, wallet, and cell putting Ben in the janitor’s cart, he rolled it to the rear of the building and threw him into the found the PI’s van and drove it to the pole scanned it with the tracking detector, and it was , he locked up, jogged home, went to bed, and to Li, the dumpster was picked up at 4 a. m. , and the contents was due to the toxic chemicals that the lab used and failed experiments.

Early Wednesday morning, Li was in the basement practicing martial arts on the heavy finished, he showered, dressed, and went to the was shocked to see him and asked how he got they ate breakfast, Li said he flew home like Superman at the speed of a bullet, and they asked again, and he told her about catching the fake janitor beating him and throwing him in the he lied, saying he drove the janitor’s car to the strip mall four blocks away and jogged home.

Mom said she wouldn’t need his help today, but might need it Thursday or said he needs to pick up some things in his office so he’ll be by after left for work, and he went to Torrey Pine Golf warming up, he teed off and enjoyed playing the round at his own the time he finished on the 18^th green, the place was put his clubs in the locker and headed home.

On the way, Li stopped at Carls -thru and got arriving home, he ate lunch, then hopped the fence and rode the motorcycle to the pole emptied the van into the hidden storage room, then loaded an electric motorcycle in the rear and dumped it two miles wiped down the areas he touched, left the keys in the ignition, and rode the motorcycle back to the pole took the PI’s laptop, locked up the pole barn, and rode the electric motorcycle home.

After parking it under the camo tarp, he stripped, drove into the pool, and swam he was cooled off, Li got out and dried off on the pool he showered and hacked into the PI Ben James’ copied the hard drive to his cloud, reformatted the computer, and turned it logged onto his cloud account and searched Ben’s emails found the email Cargill CEO Elliott Shipley had sent to Ben detailing the operation.

Then he checked Ben’s files and found he had one Elliott guessed he dug up dirt on Elliott to ensure needed access to Elliott’s computer, so he looked at Ben’s last email to added his worm and re-sent went back to the file on Elliott, and he was into men, women, and sometimes both at the same Li saw was sick and couldn’t wait to send the information to Elliott’s wife.

Sensing Mom was nearby, he logged off the cloud, dressed, and went to the arrived with Mexican takeout, and while they ate, she asked why he didn’t come by the lab lied, saying that after golf and lunch, he had napped and woke up too late to you were in my dreams, working hard, and they finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their , tired from last night, went to bed and fell asleep.

Cargil CEO Elliott Shipley was pissed beyond Vice President of Research, Skip Bowman, failed miserably in getting the genetically altered corn seed and he lost his operating funds, and his wife took him to the cleaners in the , he hired Ben James, a PI the company had used wasn’t worried about getting his hands emailed that he accessed Scripps and located the was going in on Tuesday night and then had no further missed his check-in and didn’t answer his phone or emails.

He received a duplicate email, which further confused called his friend at the CIA and got the name of a team that could possibly his friend warned Elliott that they were an intrusion-and-extraction team and that it would get friend gave him one more option and said this guy works in Europe but might come to the US for the right thanked his friend, knowing he was screwed if he chose either one and drank until he passed out.

After breakfast on Thursday morning, Li followed Mom to gathered the equipment in his office, put it in the duffel bag, and left the sleeping bag and cot for future he went to Mom’s lab and helped her analyze the results of her put the data input on a USB drive and put it in the thanked him for the help and said I should finish early said I’ll call Melinda tomorrow and set up a meeting asap. I want to get this project out of the lab immediately.

Li agreed it would be a good idea and recommended calling Melinda this afternoon to schedule a meeting for Friday or would give her more notice, and Mom said that’s a good told her he would see her at home and left carrying the duffel security guard asked what was inside the duffel bag, and Li said body parts from the last person who questioned laughed, and he successfully threw the guard off his game.

On the way home, Li stopped at Carl’s -thru for arrival, he ate and thought about what to do about Cargil’s CEO, Elliott decided to make his life miserable to take his mind off them for a he finished lunch, Li went to his computer and logged into his cloud had Elliott’s computer files and went to the emails found Elliott’s wife’s email and anonymously sent the photos from PI Ben James’s computer to Elliott’s wife, Carol.

Then he searched Elliott’s computer files and found his Cayman Islands bank checked the balance and thought it was too changed the password, and the login then transferred all but $10,000 to the deceased Professor Martin Blake’s should keep Elliott busy for a while and logged off the went to the pool, dove in, and swam laps for forty minutes, thinking about the movie premiere and projects pending.

While drying on the poolside lounge, Andrew Finkleman laughed and said you were producer of the film Murder at the Lake sent another contract offer, and this one’s ’ve got some minor changes to make, but it should be done early next , the sports movie producer wants you to work with a trainer to check your aptitude for ’ll be paid a daily rate plus room and board for three days of training at UCLA starting on itinerary should be in your email now.

Li said, “Alright,” and asked for three tickets to the premiere instead of asked why, and Li told him Mom doesn’t want to come, so he’s bringing two friends who are twins and gorgeous 16-year-old said,” You dog,” said that would create a shit storm and asked if they were in the said no, and they will need your help keeping the wolves and perverts away.

Their Mom is a federal judge, and I recommended you for an agent if valid offers for movies or modeling come asked Li if he was involved with the girls, and he said mom and their mom are against, and he supports their his busy schedule, there’s no time, and there’s also the issue of their mom being a federal laughed and told him that was a wise would make arrangements, have a female associate available to help them, and said goodbye.

Li went upstairs, showered, and sensing Mom was near, dressed and went to the eating dinner, Li told her about his conversation with Andrew Finkleman regarding the said, “Good, they will have an escort at the premiere. ” Then he told her about the new contract offer for Murder at the Lake and his basketball training scheduled for next asked where he was staying, and Li said probably in the female dorms, and they laughed.

He said the itinerary was sent to his email, and he hasn’t seen it if it’s on campus in the dorms, he’ll rent a hotel room off ’s no way he’ll stay with a bunch of jocks and have said that’s a wise move, and be sure not to have a confrontation in public fight will be your fault, and Li said he finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read a law textbook, then fell asleep.

Li was in the basement early Friday morning, attacking the heavy bags using his martial arts finished, he returned to his room, showered, dressed, and went to the eating breakfast, Mom asked what he had planned for told her he play a round of golf because he won’t be able to play for a he’ll relax by the pool and read some of your romance laughed, told him to stay away from her books, and headed to work.

He headed to the Torrey Pines Golf Course and warmed up on the practice noticed people arriving, so he rushed to the starting line and teed didn’t want to have to follow anyone around the was in a zone, and before he knew it, he was putting for a birdie on the 18^th put his club in the locker and escaped the way home, he stopped at Burger King drive-thru for lunch.

Arriving home, he ate lunch, then took one of the laptops he acquired, hopped the rear fence, and rode the electric motorcycle to the pole connected the laptop to Wi-Fi, installed his firewall and antivirus from his cloud account, and updated the would give him internet access to work if he drove the F250 to Home Depot and bought a small refrigerator, a kitchen sink cabinet with sink, and an electric hot water heater.

Returning to the pole barn, he left the hot water heater in the hidden storage room and took the rest up to his had a lot of work to do installing a septic system, a shower, a toilet, and hooking up a working locking up the pole barn, he rode home, parked the motorcycle under the tarp, and hooped the stripped, dove into the pool, and swam some laps to cool lay on the lounge to dry off, then went inside and showered.

After his shower, Li listened to Korean-language finished the fourth one when he sensed Mom was , he put the binder in the closet, dressed, and went to the arrived with Italian takeout, and while they ate, she said the research project for MGF was called Melinda, and they have a lunch date tomorrow at 1 p. said that it’s great to get it out of the lab, and Mom finished dinner, said goodnight, and went to their read a book on negotiation/ mediation and fell asleep.

During breakfast, Li recommended they take two vehicles to the said that with all the problems they’ve had with the project, it would be best to leave it in the second once they confirmed all was ok, he would get it and return to their asked if it was necessary, and Li said it was better safe than ’ll arrive early and park the Range Rover in the parking lot with the research leave and return in the 4Runner at 1 p. m.

After breakfast, Li cleaned and treated the he mowed the lawns with the riding he finished, he entered the house, and Mom said, “It’s 10:30, so hurry and get cleaned up. ” Li showered, dressed, and drove the Range Rover to the restaurant, then picked him up behind the restaurant, and they returned home.

At 12:30 p. m. , they went to the restaurant in the receptionist escorted them to a private room, and they saw Melinda Gates sitting with two men in said FBI, flashed his badge, and said we were seizing the corn research under national said you’re a little late in the were stopped outside of Scripps Research Institute by Homeland Security, and they seized the agent said shit those crooked assholes beat us and they rushed out of the restaurant.

Mom and Li laughed, and Melinda said it wasn’t funny losing the said Li made that story up, and the research is in another vehicle in the parking laughed and hugged them, thanking them for saving the research went to the Range Rover and gave Melinda the said to expect a nice bonus for your excellent work and drove said shit she cheated us out of lunch, and they laughed.

Returning home, Mom made lunch, and while they ate, she asked Li what the FBI would do when they found out Homeland Security didn’t have the research told her they can’t do shit to us because we don’t have the research can’t prove we didn’t give it to Homeland Security or fake we need to do is stick to our story, and the whole thing will blow , who knows if what they said about national security is true

After lunch, the doorbell went to the door, looked through the peephole, and saw Katherine Jackson with Kayla and opened the door and yelled Ma, did you schedule a pool and Korra scream and attacked Li with kisses, hugs, and gropes to his ass and spanked Kayla and Korra’s asses and said enough, causing Katherine and Mom to said you see what I’ve had to deal with since I told them about the premiere.

Li said, “Well, if you need someone with a firm hand to warm their asses, I’m available,” causing more went to the kitchen table and sat said he spoke with his agent, Andrew ’ll have a female assistant on hand to keep the wolves and perverts at warned Kayla and Korra that important and famous people would be there, so they should act maturely and with ’t ask for autographs and act like you’re just like them.

If your Mom hasn’t warned you already, do not reveal personal information, such as where you live or where you go to offer your name and your agent’s name to those who ’ll understand when we walk the red carpet and the photographers and media take our imagine them at your house or school, invading your private lives. I’ve avoided it, and you should do everything to avoid it, too.

Now, one last thing, when asked, we were friends and not romantically whatever you say, don’t tell them we’re told about Li finding cameras and audio bugs in his trailer on a movie found them in our hotel suite when we visited Spain and the British Virgin Islands, , you can see how important it is to keep your personal information paparazzi will go to any lengths to get revealing information on you.

Li said he should have the information on the premiere by Wednesday or Thursday and will pass it on to you. I’ve got training for a movie from Monday through Wednesday, so I’ll be out of asked what type of movie it was, and Li said it was about basketball. I’ve never played the , they hired a trainer to see if I could learn enough to play the part. I won’t know anymore unless I get the part.

They got up to leave, and Li reminded Katherine he was available for spanking, and they left they were gone, Mom said those girls would be trouble for agreed but said they might mature fast once they get a taste of the entertainment still has control of them until they’re 18, so we’ll see how it goes.

Li went to his room and listened to the remaining four Korean language he read one of David Busby’s journals, a scientist who worked for Lockheed of David’s experiments piqued his interest, and Mom called him to dinner, breaking this train of put it back into the closet and went to the they ate, Mom said we needed to go to the market tomorrow morning.

She asked about the pool and lawn, and Li said he did them on asked if he had looked at his training itinerary, and he said no, but I’ll check it planned to leave around 4 a. to avoid said that was a good idea, and don’t forget to call when you said, “Yes, Mommy, I won’t forget,” and they dinner, they said goodnight and went to their bypassed reading and crashed.

Cargil’s CEO, Elliott Shipley, wasn’t having a good sent his wife, Carol, photos of him having sex with males and kicked him out of the house, calling him a pervert, and was filing for the crew, his friend at the CIA, refused the said it was a death wish and wished him luck in finding called the man in Europe, and he wanted a million for the job, with half up front.

Elliott said he would think about it, laughed, and hung was no way he’d pay that price, and then he got a call that the research had been done by his source at the Melinda Gates got the date, place, and time of the reluctantly called his source in the FBI, Will offered $100,000 for two agents to attend the meeting and seize the research project using national security agreed but said you had better pay or your life wouldn’t be worth living, then hung up.

After breakfast on Sunday morning, Mom and Li went to the market and got food and supplies for the there was the trip to Cosco for more food, supplies, and home, they put the groceries and supplies Li went to his room, opened his email, and read his basketball training he thought they had him staying in the athletic dorm, he booked a suite at the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel near the UCLA campus.

Li changed into his swimsuit and went to the swam laps, thinking about basketball training and about getting a GoPro camera in case something happens on got out, dried off on the poolside lounge, then went inside, took a shower, and looked online for GoPro cameras and found they were too large for his he searched for miniature cameras and saw an ad for the Spy was one outside the would be perfect, so he could avoid the crowds.

Mom called that lunch was ready, so he went to the they ate, Li told her about going to the Spy Store to get miniature cameras to wear on said that was a good idea and wanted to go with agreed but said he wasn’t going to the mall, and Mom went to the Spy Store, and he got a ballcap with a camera, a lapel pen camera, and a wristband clerk happily took his $180 payment, and they left the store.

Then Mom wanted to go to CVS, and Li told her to go ahead, and he’d wait in the tried to get him to come inside, but he refused, pointing to his movie billboard outside the she was inside, Li read the instructions on the ballcap, lapel pen, and wristband came out thirty minutes later carrying two bags from different said there were sales, and she could resist, and they laughed.

Arriving home, Mom took her purchases to her room, and Li took the cameras to his charged the cameras and loaded the software onto his he packed his clothes for the trip, including one suit in case he had to attend an packed the audio and camera detector, the kitchen clock and alarm clock nanny cams, and some fit in the metal steamer trunk with exterior wrapped in leather.

It wouldn’t look out of place at the Beverly Hills Plaza reminded him, and Li emailed Andrew Finkleman and told him about being placed in the athletic dorm for couldn’t take a chance with a confrontation, so he booked a suite at the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel for three told him he would pay for the suite now, but if he gets the part, he wants to be reimbursed.

Then he did the homework for his online courses and then checked the phone tags on Kayla and Korra’s were following his advice not to tell their friend about the movie premiere, but were teasing them about something special coming up next and Lori tried to get them to tell them what it was, but they refused, saying, “You’ll have to wait until next weekend. ” They asked whether the special event involved Li and Kayla, and Korra said there were no hints or clues, so suck it up.

Mom called him to dinner, so he logged off the cloud and went to the they ate, Li told her that he was booked to stay in the athletic , he made a reservation at the Beverly Hills Plaza asked who was paying, and Li said he would, but would get reimbursed if he got the ’s worth the risk to avoid an issue with some jocks, and Mom agreed.

She asked about the training time and who the trainer said the trainer was Glen Bailey, and the training runs from 9 a. 4 p. will be breaks for rest and lunch, and then there will be film study , it’s not all on-court training for 7 said it’s possible they will film your training, so be careful about any confrontations with other promised he would, and they finished dinner and went to their bypassed reading and fell asleep.

Chapter 5

Li woke up at 3:30 a. m. , showered, dressed, and carried the steamer trunk to the was light, and he made good time to went to the Beverly Hills Plaza Hotel, and the clerk allowed him to check in got settled in his suite and then went to the hotel restaurant for scanned the minds of the people nearby, and there were no issues.

When he finished breakfast, Li put on his camera ball cap and wrist band and drove to the UCLA athletic followed the email instructions and knocked on the door of trainer Glen Bailey’s said come in and interdiction were asked about his exercise routine and the sports he told Glen that for sports, he swam, played golf, and played exercise, he practices martial arts three days a week.

Then Glen asked Li about his education and was blown away to learn he had two master’s degrees and a bachelor’s left the office and went to the equipment manager’s was outfitted with UCLA shorts, t-shirts, and measured for shoes and socks, then they went to the locker room, and Li changed into his workout gear.

They went to the basketball practice court, and Glen first gave Li lessons on , while walking, and finally dribbling while running up and down the took a break, and then Glen showed Li how to shoot the ball from a stationary he had the shooting mechanics down, Glen showed Li how to use his legs for what he called a jump they played a game called horse, moving around the key, taking shots from different positions on the half-court.

Glen said, “Let’s take a lunch break,” and they went to the athletic cafeteria to got plenty of stares, and Glen asked Li if he was a popular movie said no, but his first movie billboard is outside the campus said, “Shit, you looked familiar,” but I couldn’t remember where I had seen you said you shouldn’t have a problem with the guys, but the girls could be a different matter, and they laughed.

After lunch, they returned to the court, and Glen showed Li how to dribble down the court and it was walking, then jogging, and finally called it a day, told Li to get cleaned up, and said they would watch a showered, dressed, and they went to the film put on a game and explained the players’ 4 p. m. , Glen gave Li four basketball books and said we’ll resume practice tomorrow at 9 a. thanked Glen for the instruction, and they shook hands goodbye.

Returning to the hotel, Li swept the suite with the detector, and it was called Mom and apologized for not