Summary

In Chapter 8: Rule 8, Julie and Thomas flew to Bejing. He called his wife from their hotel to let her know he would be gone longer. Julie felt some guilt for causing her anguish. Thomas said his wife did not like that he was gone longer, but he had fun helping Julie with her research. They discovered reports of a woman drought in Bejing. They saw people going to Bejing to adopt children. Thomas asked Julie if she wanted to have children. She said she thought she would if she met the right person but did not think she could do it alone. In reality, she’d thought a lot about having Thomas’ baby. He told her she would make a good mother.

Thomas talked to a Chinese woman sitting nearby.He told her Julie was researching single women. The woman’s name was...