After John returns in the evening bubbling with self-aggrandising chatter, he quickly falls prey to a ferocious case of sleep apnoea that exacerbates Charlotte's own case of jet lag and eventually leads to a series of accidental, then not so accidental, encounters with Bob in the bar.

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Mr Schoklender called attention to himself by using a private jet and getting Meldorek to buy several luxury homes, a Ferrari and a series of yachts.

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