Chapter 35 Summary

The EMS helicopter roars across the harbor, cleared to deliver Rh-negative blood for a Beijing official admitted to Kiang Wu Hospital. Webb/Bourne and McAllister wear paramedic coveralls. The hospital parking lot is cordoned off and lit for their landing, and crowds have gathered to watch, fortuitously guaranteeing confusion. Delta has to admit the McAllister is an able chess player. He has collected the debt long owed by a doctor he catches skimming IMF funds to his own clinic. Tonight comes the payoff as he has two correctly-sized paramedics ready to substitute for the return flight to Hong Kong. The exchange is effected in two minutes, required paperwork included. The Americans are given orange passes to show they are gonorrhea patients, should they be questioned before they escape the hospital. They blend into the crowds watching the helicopter depart and disperse with them...