Over the ensuing days after Anh's release she quickly exerted her influence and reclaimed the Chợ Đồng Xuân as her own. Trung and his gang had been ruthless as she had ordered and quickly put down any opposition or dissension to the doubling of the monthly tribute after brutally making an example of one or two of the truculent stall keepers.
She needed to find her equilibrium as she plotted her next move...however, as she pondered her options she discovered from Trung that the head of the Times newspaper had arrived into Hanoi. Deep down she knew that this would be to her advantage...
Anh not heard from Mai, and rather than risk losing her forever she decided to not push her but rather to wait the Australian journalist out. Surely they would recall him, especially given the trauma of recent events she thought smiling to herself. It was jut a matter of time now she thought
And when he's gone Mai will come back to me...
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