She is on board. She? Garrett said to himself. The Tiger was a woman? Fascinating. Garrett liked that. It was unexpected. The Communist Party probably found it unexpected as well. Maybe that was why the Tiger’s movement had been so hard to snuff out. Perhaps being a woman in China meant something that Garrett had yet to understand. He made a mental note to research that theory, then got up to find Alexis. She was sitting at a computer monitor at the far end of the main room. “Celeste made contact. I just got the e-mail,” he said, the words tumbling out. “The Tiger is in. On board with us.” Alexis lit up with the news: “Really? That’s fantastic.” “Yeah. And you know what else? The Tiger”—Garrett grinned, eyes sparkling with mischief—“is a woman.” Alexis blinked. “No shit?” She let out a short laugh. “I guess we didn’t see that coming. But I mean—why not a woman, right? The next Mao is female. Wow.” Garrett watched her as she thought through the implications of this information, head cocked sideways slightly.
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