Chen lives in Fortune Garden, a 10-year-old residential complex, a stone's throw away from two major stadiums and a nightlife hotspot.

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It then shifts between Milly (hiding out in their seaside cottage), Colman (the resentful adopted son), Sophie Stone (Joss's hack biographer, who scents a fortune), and Edith (Joss's Scottish mother).

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