A Stranger in Paradise Page #4

You just work with him.

There are some very powerful

people in this city...

who like to make their

unreasonable demands.

Your brother is one of the few

unwilling to compromise.

So that's why he has you

and Derek to protect him?

I mean, he controls things when he can, and

he turns the other cheek when he can't.

But he believes the night club

is off-limits.

Sanctuary of sorts from this

sordid, f***ed-up world.

He's an idealist.

Come on, nobody's perfect.

I miss you so much.

This is for you.

Oh, thank you.

Come in, come in.

Come, Josh, you can sit there.

Please.

What are you... what are you

making? Pad Thai?

Pad Thai? Yeah?

I'll see you very soon.

Hey, take care.

I hope everything works out,

okay?

I'll see you soon, Mei.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

What was that place?

Oh, they all work at night.

Doing what?

Some of them,

they're kobo dancers.

Except Mei, she works for Paul.

Why do they look like that?

Like what?

F***ed.

It's Ya Ba, a street drug they

take for extra energy.

What, for dancing?

No, for sex.

Just don't say anything

to Paul about the house.

Why? He definitely could use

some perspective.

True, now he can't imagine

those girls without make-up.

What's that?

Ah, it's an old college joke.

So next thing you know, the SEC

was sequestering our records.

Are they investigating

VM Holdings or Vicha?

I don't know, but your old college

buddy assures me it's nothing.

And you think otherwise?

Well, the SEC doesn't start a formal

investigation unless they have something.

I'm the trading manager, if

they find something I'm liable.

Well, has Vicha already

been indicted?

No, he's been really

calm about all of this.

And he was the one

who told you to come?

Yeah, told me to take

a few weeks off... vacation.

Practically shoved me

on the airplane.

Yeah, maybe leaving

wasn't the best idea.

It makes you look guilty.

Well, maybe he just wanted you

away while things cooled down.

I could lose my license

over this sh*t.

Well, not if you're innocent.

I mean, if Vicha's guilty, you're more

likely to be a witness in his indictment.

Great.

What do you think, Derek?

Is my baby brother being set up?

Well, accidents do

happen in Bangkok.

Busy streets, crazy drivers.

I think you both are

overreacting.

Hold on.

Speak.

Have you heard the news?

The big news

today on Wall Street...

was the

arrest of Vicha Monkong...

chairman and CEO of VM Holdings.

Mr. Monkong was taken into

custody earlier this morning...

on charges of insider trading.

The US Securities and Exchange

Commission refused to comment...

when asked for details

regarding Mr. Monkong's arrest.

An inside

source is claiming links...

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