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Raja Abdul Aziz Ahmad is a savant who is blessed or damned with a mind that never forgets anything he sees or hears. He owns a security business dealing with the nation’s top-level government and business security concerns. He is also on occasion asked to solve problems for the army and the police and for private people who need help sorting things out that may be difficult to explain to the authorities.
Raja Aziz does not consider himself bound by conventional laws. Rather, he is bound by what he sees as right. And so, his friends and foes alike respect him as a man of honour. He will not break the law purposefully, but he may bend it a little if he thinks the circumstances warrant it.
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‘Only if you are the lessee of an old, rather splendid, former British resident’s home,’ she answered. Her lips quivered slightly and Yoshiro met her eyes and held. He felt the shock run down his spine and he blinked again. Her lips curved in a complete smile and he answered with one of his own. Neither of them spoke but something was settled in that moment and he felt a sense of wellbeing. She left him then, saying she had an errand to run. He was suddenly not worried.
He opened the doors to the huge red-tiled balcony which had a view over the older part of the town. He stood quietly looking at the roof tops from the residence. Glancing down, he saw Salmiah step out onto the driveway and watched her for a minute or two admiring her long back, narrow waist and swelling hips, swaying slightly, as she walked down the old road towards the town. His heart beating faster and smiling with pleasure, he booked the room. A boy of about eighteen brought his bags from the car. Rashid, looking on, was interested to see numerous stickers on the worn leather bags the boy carried.
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