Hillary Bond looked out the window as the 747 went into a slow bank lining itself
up with the runway. It was 9:00PM in Tokyo and the lights of the world's largest city
shown like a million diamonds, rubies, and sapphires in the clear night sky. This was her
first trip to the Far East, and she felt the excitement building as the big jet settled down
and taxied over to the terminal. Disembarking the plane, Hillary scanned the hundreds of
Asian faces to see if anyone of them recognized her while off to her left she heard a quiet
voice question, "Miss Bond?" Hillary nodded and asked, "Mr. Tanaka?" "No, he is
waiting for you at your hotel, I am Hoito, Mr. Bond's assistant, I will see you back to the
hotel." Hoito took care of picking up Hillary's luggage and overnight bag and helped her
into a waiting limousine. It would be about a forty five minute drive to the downtown
Tokyo Intercontinental so on the way Hillary and Hoito exchanged polite... MORE