Chapter 28

Kamal Al-Farsi stared at the piece of paper in his hand, his fingers trembling with a mixture of disbelief and soaring rage. He had pinned the Farsi family's entire future on this investment, on the perceived prestige of a man who claimed to be a rising star in the Mansour Corporation. He looked at the cheque again, then back at Khalid Saab's sweating, swollen face. "Bankrupt?" Kamal's voice was a low, dangerous hiss. "You dared to bring a worthless scrap of paper into my home and call it...