DiminishedPt.10

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Quantico, Dr. Livingston,

I interest. I Mr. briefly, I actions. wasn't courageous. it. it's a affirmation. Regards, Dr. James,
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; w2 _+ S/ ?4 ]  d9 L9 m$ NA A I returned, me. gangs, Shooters, Hispanics. unwise, outnumbered. evening, I Bear, Tim, Walt, adventures, Linda, subject, again.

I return. I didn't it, exhilarating. troubling. A before, investigation, I hadn't thought. all, I crime. Wasn't I? a ideas. common, I them. I assessment? I had, matter? I didn't Blair, did? sure, a ask.
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I a pay, another, I complicit. depressing. I long. I aside. a I a response. me, I guitar. I it. I'd a year. I life. was. activities, return. Shooters.

"Hey, hero, TV," a said, corridor. Henson's boys, short, thick, bright. "Did you?"
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8 T. K' h8 W$ I2 |1 X  ~"Not them," I said, around. me. absence. past.

"I it. piece. Boston. her?" pressed.
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+ Z+ g! f; h7 T' c"Nothing special," I said, way. a shoulder, wall.
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"I don't me, that's okay. I don't you," said, breath. black. spoke. up, clenched. cameras. soon, trouble.
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"Stay back, Fred. isn't business," I ordered. Marl's arrived, Glean. me? prisoner, I thunder? paused. Watching. trouble, him, rough. I fight, Juliet's warning. I didn't back.
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"Let's time," I said, up.

"We'd now," said, back.
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"Maybe I help?" said, nowhere. me, back, a fight. giant.

$ p- C' Q: |" K6 [( ["This ain't business, Mex," protested.
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"You own," added.
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. q/ ~' o" H8 @8 Z: J"And I don't it?" asked, Sludge's face. departed.
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# o/ ]2 t' i, X( d3 t5 @7 C"Thanks, Joaquin," I said, coveralls.

' f: [# D* o$ \$ s- `; \' m"What's wrong, Clutch?" asked. "A ago, you'd garbage."
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"It's doctor, isn't it? I fight," said. "What say?"

"It's nothing," I replied.

, c/ S. O) Z3 ?6 b7 ?* `"It's nothing. me," insisted.

% G0 e! }; l$ ~0 j, F7 A5 N/ s"Dr. a while," I admitted.

1 v# m" I" x6 q# ], _9 V, I& I"How long?" asked.
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"Forever," I said.

"I sooner," remarked, slumping.

) x" \; j1 t5 y2 S* H"No, isn't fault," I said, elbow. "I I a kid. I Chicago. I York. I Afghanistan. a coming."
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' @) f$ E4 {3 x! t$ x) O"You true?" asked.
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"I Church," I said, myself. "Now I a Corona. us?" intention, condition. weakness, kitchen. I I a omelet. Northfield, institution. down. walls, helicopters. attempt, who? successful? a hours, cell.

"Yes, Jess?" I asked.

8 f% o' m, o, _" V/ Q: w4 D) G, Z"Warden you. It's serious," said, others. I Johannes, on.

I Administration Building, center. room, a prison, guards, police, a commander. governor.
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"Hostage crisis," said. "It's Shooters. kitchens. a knife, guns."

"They're met," said.
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"What want?" I asked.
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0 R$ F% f/ C3 {# Q" N1 }"They a helicopter. it," answered.

% [* h  }: M6 h, n5 I"That Fibber, isn't lying," I said.
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"This Police. He's charge," introduced. it. a tall, pale, a bird.
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6 k( ^) K- S1 ?% }" ^' V" j"We negotiate, they've refused," explained. "Henson you."

: W- ?1 K8 U: Y: p3 i9 J- g"With me?" I asked.

0 W  Q4 A6 u  a* O, E4 |"Any why?" inquired.
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"Not really. there?"
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"We're eight, batch," said. "They Tomlinson. Guevara, too." deal. I loyalty, I life.
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"Do a eight?" I inquired.

7 }1 Z* ]& ^6 J9 q; G"We AW109, hour. doesn't country," said.
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5 d0 V, S5 l) u6 {! V, X2 E- L"I there, tricky," I offered.

"Are yours?" asked.

"If they'd throat, yes, we're buds," I answered.

"Don't it, Sarge. It's a trap," said. right. I commander, Williams, a 6'2 specialist. act.

"Captain Williams, have? observation?" I asked.

/ r/ I# O% S. l"Some toys. need?" said.
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( N7 S+ g3 {  ]. H, Y. `. T7 T"Let map," I replied. lot, cars. down, dumpsters.

. p" G1 L3 b3 h"The refrigeration units," I said, schematics. "It's they'll closely. pantry. It's theft. lot. yard."

"And here?" asked.

7 R5 e" T! H: \8 G"It's a classes. I dough."

"Four exits, they'll coming," said.
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1 |8 k2 d, H6 @- |9 @"I idea, don't anyone's toes," I announced.
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, @4 D) m' n* s- G. @$ j! J4 p"What's plan, Sarge?" said. He'd Bobby's book.

% I' g4 ^. E* m7 @# H. H"Get a camera. a cap, a suit," I recommended. "We a decoy, off. I'll guards. won't guards, I a beer." I map, hallways.

"They'll corridor," I continued. "It access. yard, they'll office. there, too."

* t- B4 w/ J$ A0 J5 l/ W"Your plan?" asked.
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"After they've guards, I'll exchange. landing, a demonstration. I'll inside. way. meantime, I'll safe."
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7 T1 }7 q) N, g# H"This covered, escaping, pantry, seconds," said. "Can long?"

7 k, }& i3 g9 `4 _$ @$ O4 V) i/ l* Z9 ^$ ]"If you're doors, full," I speculated.

/ F- P9 T/ D' N$ B"It's dangerous, Jack," warned.

; j9 X) D. A+ @/ O: L"Not dangerous," I disagreed. "I'll me, everything. good, too. a wall. me."
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"It's a plan, doesn't wrong," said.

7 ~, A& X4 @2 A2 g- T"If helicopter, I them," I said. "Can back?" I joking. I office, I aside.
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"You a promise," I insisted. "The bodyguard. it. happens, tonight. delays. belongs."

"I'll it," said, hand. position. I door. side.
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* x  u' `  {7 M( V* @# o"That you, hero?" out.

"Yes, Marl, it's me. negotiate," I replied.

"And get?" asked.

"I a helicopter, I a ride."

5 |5 F1 Y0 R7 Y" C% q3 T& a$ y"You?"

* c7 u% @# D  c2 K: T4 \% d5 t"I outside. it's a shot. first."

"And need?"

9 L3 Y' |/ l% T* Y5 t"He back," I said.
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0 F6 @" f! N2 r"Not happen," denied.

/ n# l7 q' W1 L7 e: s1 I- l"I a beer."
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6 J5 q+ v4 }2 J"Let's talk," agreed. helicopter. safely. I lion's den.

"Here, this," I said, a Sludge. "They wouldn't it." cap, seagull's eye.
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: i: @, N7 G5 z$ c: V"The way. it?" I asked.

"Why? you?" responded.
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"Sure. I a Afghanistan," I lied, I batteries.

3 s7 ~4 }; m  `5 a( H1 J5 q4 C"How a parachute?" said.

"Probably you," I answered.
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I blades. had.380 pistols, issue. right, I classroom. A handles, opening. Bartoni, tied. up, me. I didn't along, fired.

"Hi Don, soon," I said, tied. cord, knot. Don, a man. Older. up.

0 ]4 K5 f0 Y4 S' t$ |"Are a helicopter?" asked.

"That's plan. tight. Oh, anyway," I replied.

"Smart ass," grunted, a spit.
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I a one. gusto, I hoped. one, Glean, third. wasn't all.

"What's bird?" I Henson. "They're you."

"We've covered," said, elaborate. guards. corridor. windows. door, footsteps. land. I expected.
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( B% S# G& ~1 |/ |- Y"Going air?" I inquired.
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: K' u4 O- D) K* O8 b0 `"They won't onboard," said.
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"An AW109 eight," I out.
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- U' Y* X1 N0 c. G4 b! ^- [/ q6 _"They won't matter," said, beer. him.

- n3 D5 N" i: r, [1 P- k6 z"You're alive," I shoulder. quiet.
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"You won't me," I said. "And first. There's a them." impressed, didn't so. a later, a AgustaWestland door. Administration Building, rotating. freedom. moment. Bartoni, I hands.

"Hurry pantry. kitchen," I whispered.
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  o9 c' {9 N' ?  C- }I first, priority, Bartoni. open.
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- O) L# y4 ^; _+ e% c& o5 N"Hey, doing?" shouted.

9 `3 ]5 P1 s& j+ J8 m! w"Thanks everything, Don," I said, open. sweet, pastry.
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"Jack, us," urged.
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"No time," I said, closed.
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I ready. wasn't well.

" I# ?$ o8 ~9 o* O4 \1 Y' A. gSuddenly, a windows. over, a forehead. A Chipper. a hit, a shoulder. next. attention. knife, I doors, a wrap. a cutter. me, windows, him. I door. chaos, I area, pistol. direction, fire. I Sludge, down. the.380, glass, blocked. side. it, down. I corridor, life.

"Goddamn you, hero," shouted, succession. high, me. I belonged.
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7 R9 i1 K) H& w( _3 hI now, pissed, glass. I Sludge's wrist, gun. knife, eye, I thrust. were, I wasn't concerned. I'd docks. open. up, in. down. fell. arm, a shield. intruders. I surrender, hands. back, chest. pinned. exploded. disappeared. I side. grimy. shooting, yelling, I it. I glass, everywhere. astonishment, blood. I didn't happened. quiet. them. I air.
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8 H5 j. }4 a1 L"Kid, do?" asked, over.

"Don't it. alone," a commanded.
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"It's bad," said, Williams, I couldn't tell.

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1 [+ n- t! P( II a bed. care. me. I couldn't move. I a puppy.
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"He's awake, Doctor," a whispered.
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; F; v( t6 b* ^. ^A a a me, a eyes. familiar. I'd a light. profound.
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"What happened?" I whispered.

"Stabbed lung, son. heart," explained. "You lucky. in, you'd minutes."

+ h' d" _" x6 i"Where here?" I asked.

"Shadyside."
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/ `$ F0 q4 X. X$ D"Shady who?"
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9 Y+ l9 c1 F9 `+ |. j"University Center," clarified. "Now, still. heart. You've a blood. again."
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"Prognosis?" I questioned.
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"We're can," promised, a response.

"Priest?" I inquired.
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"Last night, midnight," informed. "When ... weren't well." light. I a couldn't. A again. I fingers. a window. I midmorning.
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"There you. a time," said. time. I didn't mind. I worry, I'd Rites. okay. door.

"All right, a minutes. only," summoned.

# ]  L  W+ v  L"That's us," I say. Blair, Bobby, in. exhausted. crying. I crying. strange. life, a me, cried. I didn't sincerity, absorb.
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+ V! o: F1 S  O4 B# }$ R. O; |( b"You scared," said, forehead. a suit, Service, night. a sweater, Utah. face. a off, up. neck.
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"We could," said, a chair. her, I a ghost. a shave.
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"You terrible," I whispered. "Why glum?"
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"When airport, died," explained. "They a sheet."
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"My God, mother. " I say.
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& `# ~7 k1 h* ^6 J"It's okay, it's okay," said, hand. "I thing. Harold's her, too."
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"Harry me," I guessed.
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"Harold you're bravest, he's known," answered, smile.

1 j9 v0 _# U. k, `! o7 y, V"The prison," said. "What thinking, that?"
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"Debts paid," I said.
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- }' c, ~/ `. o( C. M4 j"You've share," insisted.

I tired. pain. system. a disquiet. lost.

"Tell I her," I out. afternoon. Apparently, me. I it, I that, that. I'd before, wasn't a experience. followed, watched. up, juice, foods, I wasn't dying. a existence.
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"Shouldn't work?" I asked, day, gatekeeper. me, records, I a mother.
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"Professor care," confessed, part. "He wouldn't a you."

"That's exaggeration," I protested.
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"I it's truth. doesn't lie. anything," insisted. old, I'd Mims' before. Professor, a woman, confident, , efficient. a battleship.
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"How's Bobby?" I asked.
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1 J( a0 ~' Z& h/ l( J9 S; @' j"Doing again," said. "Every wane, pages. We've House."
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"That's a relief," I said. room, contemplating say. Blairs, I'd with. a girl, a inappropriate.
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4 M* _, s, d1 T, _. o0 z. U% z"I you've family," said.
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"And I family," I out.

6 {6 B1 U# Q- v) e6 g1 A/ t0 o2 a"That's old."
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- Q- M$ n, t8 _0 b& S"What mean?"
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- j+ b3 X$ z. F: v6 O"Look father," demanded, a hawk.

I instinctively away.
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: U9 u7 N" j/ o1 `"That's I thought. mother. haven't Bobby?" asked.
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"Told what?"

9 n3 W$ Q7 e  Q& Q8 r# q"That don't shooting. don't day."

% _( c5 r* U" ?3 P"What said?"

"So, her?"

" N6 z" b- {) W7 a: n" e"You that."

( ~; v- z+ j% ]; r, o+ ?"Mom a word. I Alex," explained. "I you."

"Remind you," I conceded.

"Tell rest," insisted.

) c1 [* H7 I6 x# P"What I say? excuse? don't love."

; O+ C5 V2 J" _2 i"Maybe not, understanding important. It's me."
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"I you," I replied. "Even years, I dreams. sense."
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8 d' m* l! Q& k: X0 X6 e: j"And dreams, prison?"

"You've Dr. Livingston, too?"

"Sandra I friends," said.
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/ E  z+ |: K4 @- Z0 k"All friends. club?"

" |, p2 U+ Y& N8 P+ J6 |5 t"You're about, yes. It's club."
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+ m  i' I9 w) {" }"Well, I a institution. be?"

"You're crazy. episode. I veterans' hospitals. We've patients. It's them. better."

"Not Mr. Rasmussen," I said. easier, a schedule. needed, orderly, I bathroom, bedpan. I episodes, already. I a a bath, a woman. Northfield, I didn't a parts. afternoon, I a cloth. a sheet.

1 `" O  w  L( [- Y0 m"Relax, it's me," whispered, bed. a suit, a uniform.

I it, moment, thought. I I president's daughter. Mrs. think. sexy, a way. I'd myself.
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"I don't job," I protested.

/ E; F: Y) s/ L) m"Your today, besides, I'm curious. a scars, they're small. bone. a guy, skin."
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"I a spa," I replied. laughed, up.

- _# D5 `' z5 i; u1 U3 i"Mr. aren't funny, I you're funny," decided. "You humor, serious. Dr. that."
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! M; e! f. A1 a  j"Shouldn't school? You've I admitted." ribs, back, neck. regions, contemplating options.

3 K" ^, O) Z, A/ c( N"I've before," I a grin. a game. I wasn't respond.
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"Okay, today," agreed, away.
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"Thank you," I said.

"Thank what?" asked.
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"Just you," I answered. weeks, I rehab. infection, healing. April, I Northfield. Valley.
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6 {9 W! c$ X1 j. Z0 `+ {) m"Give wishes," I her. "Good classes."

"You better. Don't medication," said, tolerate. goodbye. I her, too. Alex, I couldn't a I'd with, a youngster.
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/ Q4 y$ R& j. c4 w0 ]; x"I'm I graduate," mentioned. "It's mother. there."

# c0 s* j' d% q9 m"Jobs?" I asked.
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5 l3 B2 D& d; t, P" S- g"Lobbying. It's world."

"Let apartment."

7 m6 j6 {, g  I5 |7 C' Z8 O"What York?" asked. I bars, parlors, docks, brothels.

"I a there," I replied.

* * * * * * knowledge, 8th 33rd birthday. certificate, I 1st. a joke. I one. pajamas, a bathrobe, socks. a she'd a Christmas. a Bourbon, safekeeping. a cake. he'd later. morning, I a cafeteria, I autographs. I U.S. a guard. I wasn't escaping. Martín Hero, list, predicted. tour. I a back. afternoon. I a exam, I pass, a room. guitar. there, too.

" a5 m: I6 s( `8 z"Mr. Lawrence, you. all," said, hand. alone. I Black, a dark, heritage. I age, hair. Clayton, married, dressed, waist, bald.
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3 R' s2 @6 f4 J"Jack, office. transfer," explained.

3 L" s; v2 g0 A7 O5 \" a4 ]"If a ticket, I a bus," I offered.
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"You're Northfield," informed.

"What mean?"
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( ^7 ]3 \% y' _, \+ J1 B* M2 F"We a Alexandria."
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"Am I danger?" I inquired.
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/ M7 \: W1 }4 v  C$ T"There of. more," said, a study.
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. [* a* e* b# C/ g# v/ \0 B"Just fights. assassination attempts," I denied.

8 ]; m  J2 {' W5 X! Q"We're chances," replied.

0 E5 B* C$ G, ~% |# I2 q# Z8 s4 ZI Rasmussen, Clayton, Black, determined. a me. I FBI!
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"Time go, Mr. Lawrence," morning. again, I a jet. Richmond, press, Alexandria, a 150,000 River. Washington, D.C., Washington's Mt. Vernon.

' Y2 N" P: |& E8 _9 q1 PI wife, Ann, neighborhood. Rasmussen, I friends. I jailer. a a congressman, Park. a privacy, access. I 1890s, 1970s. quaint, a way.

' v6 K! `0 H7 O2 E"What think?" asked, a porch. I before. mold, tall, trim, , sides. Army, 3rd FBI's Rasmussen, a bond.

"I've a before," I said. up. husband, forty. I thin, eyes. curiosity. I a attorney. work. door. in? use. I bedrooms. yard, a garden. a elevator, afterthought. owner, deceased.
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( z) z2 D8 o* Z0 f4 Y"Are a day?" I asked.
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. O5 y7 T5 S$ A* p* t& T/ l, O6 E"Of not. turns," replied.

3 n$ |; d) @8 r"Sir, a fuss. I'll week," I protested.
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/ c2 x' c' }4 A) L  s& O"Perhaps, FBI. do. understood?" admonished.
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"Sir, me?" I asked.

"All time. now, well. That's order," insisted.
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I difficult. A lunch, guy. cheerful, busy, congressman's client. days, a bed, I stretch, congressman's treadmill. a fellow, weightlifter, encouraging, I wasn't motivation. Spiritually, I a detachment, I alive. wasn't a wishmedication out, I didn't more. a respectful, I necessary. I wasn't behavior, abrupt. rude. I early, out, a meal. a while, I didn't in, I'd a blanket. I a times, corner. I bed.
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5 b- d6 _* O0 n5 b3 }"What's you?" asked.
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"I don't mean," I answered.

"It's there. hadn't bench, frozen."

"I didn't notice," I said, I numb.

# I# |2 H3 K8 M1 D5 P"We hard. didn't much, you've it," said.
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6 u  @# k) \3 H! Z4 g"What point?" I asked.

"The a recovery. try," insisted. didn't understand. wasn't a problem, I didn't distraction. I crazy. Saturday. I a shower, I hadn't days, a suit, available. I hair. tomatoes.
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. o! r, k* N- {- q- I"Counterfeiting?" I Alex. great. tailed. longer. a nice, suit. Langley.
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"I a details, they're fun," said. "With currency, exciting. I week, before. magic?"

"I haven't years. outdated," I answered.
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"But clearance," said.
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9 r+ y9 R% l& N. w6 B8 P) O"I don't I a clearance," I replied.
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"Captain a division, mine," clarified.

. ~4 o( e9 P* ~" Y- R( h"I'm a sergeant, a captain. days," I said. "What you, Juliet?"

7 S6 H; w' y/ U% Z- L"Almost medicine," said, pert. "Dating a now. a felon, great." a figure. a ponytail.

% U+ P6 w# D6 y9 X8 j- J"Pilot?" I asked.
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"Physical therapist," said. "Someone with."
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"I'm along. back," I defended, falsely. "I'm well."
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I hands. times, I that. meal, I a congressman's garden, I balcony. tranquil, I a facility. left, I touch. preoccupations. I think. again, admire. chest, I progress. day, I gym's bars, , garden. one, I balcony. I wasn't songs, Da's days, rock. surprise, I a improvement. a afternoon. I hadn't days, I I'd her, me. I parlor, off.
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"How doing?" asked.
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0 P5 ~/ ], J8 o9 A" V6 G- l5 k$ `3 f"As expected," I said.
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"Leeson you're now. par. I've a Reed."
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"If I pass, Northfield?" I asked.

$ x( `9 e1 h' v, J8 B"Are return?" surprise.

7 k# ~+ ~; ?( L6 _, w"I can't nothing. FBI. babysitting."

" U# T4 |' K1 h- h+ |  \"Do doing?"

1 a- `% n1 E. _) L6 L3 s7 t0 j  q"No, haven't offered, I haven't asked," I said.

"We're a headquartered O'Neill 1st Street. I counterterrorism?"

"It's a years," I answered.

6 R/ C. t) s2 `* ?. a- F: D"I help," continued. "We're operations. research, can."
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"Your I do," I said, asset. next? door?

"My Tuesday. along? a days?"

( `# U: l- C9 ?5 R: k0 }$ D"In handcuffs?" I asked.

"We'll clothes. handcuffs," promised.

5 L* ?6 f# V% f4 |/ N) ^"I've Gettysburg," I agreed.
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' T* o& H% N) o1 S% A, `5 o5 ?* * * * * * expedition. U.S. a van. a one. standards, a mission. Black, Clayton, team. I shotgun, seat. a drive. 270 wasn't us. moderate. a business, wear, a sweater, a sun. A van, overnight. I hoped. 19th battlefields. hilltops. shops, food, artifacts, souvenirs. small, , me. I recognized. helped, before. habit. tourists. a Cemetery. cheeseburgers, terrorism. didn't pressing, received. Farm, 34th retirement. protected, roads, alert. precautions, strategically troublemakers violations. sloppy. muskets, swords, bayonets, a weapons, a emergency.

"We're here, Jack. you'd see?" asked.

"I'd Ridge," I requested. hill, museum, a monuments, large. I excitement. I Pickett's a winter. wall, trees, a overwhelming.

1 {+ A0 r/ h4 R/ q9 N1 ?: \( K"Excuse me, guides?" a asked. a her, all, visit. they'd country's history. A I for.
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* E9 a4 u% P$ A"What know, ma'am?" I asked, hat.

"Was a battle?" a asked.
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: s8 g0 z3 f  ]"How there?" inquired.

  Q9 P5 }- E6 z0 Q4 m) Z, D+ g"There statues. mean?" know, a wind. place. I battlefield, Longstreet's interest. I a songs, veterans, followed. a way, artillery.

"Why didn't away?" a asked. "Weren't scared?"

"Of were, Billy. today," I replied. "But men, towns. families. cousins. weren't a cause, other. couldn't behind. don't that. that." on, see, I Address.

"You experience," said, me.

"I'm old," I protested.
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"You I mean. Valley," pressed. "You fire."

' }7 G2 H( y9 P6 w; d9 K* ["It job," I explained.
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"Some didn't a that," said. Charlie, listening, too. I didn't a subject.
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I a trees, plaques. a away.

"No there," I replied. "Company B, 144th Infantry, a Valley. a ridge. a scout, I valley. I team, I advance. 15 1. wounded, I retreat. bloody, a time, us. didn't a a A later, didn't matter."
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"How's that?" asked.

"Lavanna 144th. 104th Rangers. classified, hook."
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"Your inspiring. won't YouTube," said. "I shots, too. singing."

2 a5 t0 k$ I* L* ~. Y5 g8 E; [6 P) {"Let's doesn't attention," I said. a a station. I a guitar, favorites, Garryowen. I off, more. I Charlie, nodded, I a more. encouraging.

"Christ, Jack, don't know?" I table.

, q* P' G* m7 A+ ^2 e8 ^- I+ L"No," I replied. ten. night, intimacy, duty. talk. I'd back. morning, leave. a eggs, grits, coffee, juice. I'd eating, meals. Modi, trip, a him.

"Jack, I Jack, U.S. free? don't handcuffs. What's escaping?"

3 q8 c: f/ b4 g"Escape where, Ashok? I Ashok?" I replied.

"You may," agreed.

- W9 W0 Y3 ]* |/ }"I'm America. least, I famous. There's escaping. rest, I don't know. Charlie, I loose?"
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"If you're a risk, it's question," said.

5 D# w0 |* S) b7 C8 Z9 y3 l- V2 Y. O"Don't worry, Ashok. week," I said, juice.

# U0 I" [; g& L$ i# }"Resolve what?" asked.
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"I've a Richmond," I explained, biscuit. "Now I'm again, there's custody. Northfield."

/ w7 }: _7 r  q# b) m"Michaelson isn't that," objected.

' Y3 b: S" I- z5 `4 T6 @" |( i"It's decision," I replied.

2 {4 z2 D. e/ `"Jack, shouldn't. dangerous. there," said.

* K: w1 f4 k9 L" Z6 C"Maximum inmates. I don't treatment," I said, approach.

* r8 g3 c; o1 d9 ~"Someone do, wouldn't us," said, FBI.
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: c2 P: e1 i( q9 |0 h7 C"We'll decide. That's for," I concluded. late, noon, a town. FBI's web. Gettysburg, countryside. route. I driver's seat, window, a I'd sightseeing. Then, Frederick, a vehicle, a noise.

"What that?" asked, source. I window, anything. much.
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"It a jet! trouble," warned. "It highway." time, a gravel. same. I didn't traffic. 737 wheels, roadway, strip. I flights. again, left, nose. down, smoke. fire.
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+ I  i8 S3 ^; q" H0 i6 a& E"They're it," seat, dashboard.

# \2 g3 R6 D  t* r( D1 m5 W) b"Jason, up. help," I urged, highway, speed. a trees, branches. more. road, a spin. a pasture, a drag. a wall, half. a minute, shoulder. us, out, a bed. crushed. grass, tail. attached. wing, off, fire. mangled, split. out, explosions.
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"Linda, we'll a area," I said. "Larissa, Modi, vehicles. Charlie, Jason, passengers, worse." I embankment, weeds. I minutes, most, flames.
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