Chapter 9

• Dashtan shook the hand of a man about the same age as his stepfather. A polite smile graced his face as the man smiled as he shook his hand.
• "Thank you for coming all this way, Mr. Reynaldi. Come, please sit down," Dashtan greeted, and then they sat down facing each other on a dark blue soft sofa.
• "No matter. Your father said if I had to meet you to start the dig, you'd be in charge there." Mr. Reynaldi looked at Dashtan with his modest gaze. Dashtan smiled, the man had become so attached to him since they first met at the opening of the museum in Singapore. They shared the same interest in science.