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' Y* @) O7 H* t; a0 f1 m4 n. @. oQuantico, Dr. Livingston,
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; p3 B0 V. n6 d$ T! NI interest. I Mr. briefly, I actions. wasn't courageous. it. it's a affirmation. Regards, Dr. James,
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A A I returned, me. gangs, Shooters, Hispanics. unwise, outnumbered. evening, I Bear, Tim, Walt, adventures, Linda, subject, again.

0 g4 s4 E, {; I) p4 ^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.

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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"Not them," I said, around. me. absence. past.
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"I it. piece. Boston. her?" pressed.
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"Nothing special," I said, way. a shoulder, wall.
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; b9 x1 E2 _2 Z* o"I don't me, that's okay. I don't you," said, breath. black. spoke. up, clenched. cameras. soon, trouble.

"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.

* }# ]0 e" o: J5 r  H"Let's time," I said, up.
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"We'd now," said, back.

0 `9 L' J% T2 }) e5 Q& ]: _"Maybe I help?" said, nowhere. me, back, a fight. giant.
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"This ain't business, Mex," protested.
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, X5 H5 n* ~% G& v" l"You own," added.

"And I don't it?" asked, Sludge's face. departed.
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"Thanks, Joaquin," I said, coveralls.
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"What's wrong, Clutch?" asked. "A ago, you'd garbage."

"It's doctor, isn't it? I fight," said. "What say?"

9 g: D5 p$ {/ G" L"It's nothing," I replied.

' j4 I. \; W- [7 v& l- h"It's nothing. me," insisted.

" I. m+ f9 E  R4 J8 p. `  U% w"Dr. a while," I admitted.
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8 G4 A( J1 a) u* X3 f"How long?" asked.
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"Forever," I said.

"I sooner," remarked, slumping.

& E$ V& o' L$ P"No, isn't fault," I said, elbow. "I I a kid. I Chicago. I York. I Afghanistan. a coming."

"You true?" asked.

"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.

( }5 e% |% R5 ~& @. A6 A"Yes, Jess?" I asked.
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( I+ g: X1 t& k: S  c/ I8 s- g"Warden you. It's serious," said, others. I Johannes, on.
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) o- d( U) v- i# }I Administration Building, center. room, a prison, guards, police, a commander. governor.

2 M$ J$ w6 s" S# ~0 g& j"Hostage crisis," said. "It's Shooters. kitchens. a knife, guns."
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"They're met," said.

"What want?" I asked.

"They a helicopter. it," answered.
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* H$ A0 k7 R7 E. T"That Fibber, isn't lying," I said.
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"This Police. He's charge," introduced. it. a tall, pale, a bird.

"We negotiate, they've refused," explained. "Henson you."
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1 ?0 b, p( Q& J; y) |# t- o$ F"With me?" I asked.
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"Any why?" inquired.
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' c! ?. B' |- p4 g( c/ j"Not really. there?"
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; a( g' A" j& H6 A& i8 u* C3 _"We're eight, batch," said. "They Tomlinson. Guevara, too." deal. I loyalty, I life.

"Do a eight?" I inquired.
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3 ?, D0 d$ ]. @& N- f"We AW109, hour. doesn't country," said.
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9 T( L- X& G' G0 x6 h9 F"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.
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1 s: a9 Z7 \  M"Captain Williams, have? observation?" I asked.
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"Some toys. need?" said.
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3 E8 F- j  A! [  y"Let map," I replied. lot, cars. down, dumpsters.
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2 T6 i/ Y: a! l* ]"The refrigeration units," I said, schematics. "It's they'll closely. pantry. It's theft. lot. yard."

"And here?" asked.

"It's a classes. I dough."

) O; o0 e$ M% P, Z+ D8 q: F2 Y"Four exits, they'll coming," said.
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"I idea, don't anyone's toes," I announced.
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"What's plan, Sarge?" said. He'd Bobby's book.
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' @0 a! p" C3 o, R( k0 o% t1 O0 c"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.
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"They'll corridor," I continued. "It access. yard, they'll office. there, too."
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5 m7 ?3 _) Q$ C6 A5 ~$ ]2 {# G3 j"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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"This covered, escaping, pantry, seconds," said. "Can long?"

/ l3 d8 g, B4 O- D+ z3 `% Y"If you're doors, full," I speculated.

"It's dangerous, Jack," warned.

"Not dangerous," I disagreed. "I'll me, everything. good, too. a wall. me."
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5 v' C2 q8 _9 T$ h) X8 X1 t- i"It's a plan, doesn't wrong," said.

* t5 j5 v5 }( ]3 k"If helicopter, I them," I said. "Can back?" I joking. I office, I aside.

"You a promise," I insisted. "The bodyguard. it. happens, tonight. delays. belongs."
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8 B8 w. O& o; v3 q3 C2 K# |3 S"I'll it," said, hand. position. I door. side.

"That you, hero?" out.
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"Yes, Marl, it's me. negotiate," I replied.
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"And get?" asked.
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"I a helicopter, I a ride."

8 k& K, s% N. s1 m: T. z"You?"

5 C$ w8 [* _- O+ I"I outside. it's a shot. first."

7 l" j: i, D6 }5 o8 J; u: p"And need?"
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$ N. u! a! n; f' s# X* c4 p"He back," I said.

"Not happen," denied.

1 z6 h& t: p; b0 V5 r9 p"I a beer."
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3 o3 h5 m' M) J% |"Let's talk," agreed. helicopter. safely. I lion's den.
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( \! Y* Q( H. C6 G& ~"Here, this," I said, a Sludge. "They wouldn't it." cap, seagull's eye.

"The way. it?" I asked.
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* y0 a, H! }- ?" i6 s"Why? you?" responded.
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"Sure. I a Afghanistan," I lied, I batteries.
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"How a parachute?" said.
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' x/ c, y& T' S"Probably you," I answered.

I blades. had.380 pistols, issue. right, I classroom. A handles, opening. Bartoni, tied. up, me. I didn't along, fired.
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* S& @* z" q& Z9 g$ i+ c"Hi Don, soon," I said, tied. cord, knot. Don, a man. Older. up.

"Are a helicopter?" asked.

5 m6 R8 o$ }. q  P"That's plan. tight. Oh, anyway," I replied.
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"Smart ass," grunted, a spit.

% i; L1 f+ z* M2 I" DI a one. gusto, I hoped. one, Glean, third. wasn't all.
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4 d# d/ P9 a- e2 t2 v0 D5 U"What's bird?" I Henson. "They're you."

: `9 F4 t' h9 D- u" M"We've covered," said, elaborate. guards. corridor. windows. door, footsteps. land. I expected.

: m( m2 ]& L. b7 h/ Q: N- A"Going air?" I inquired.
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7 {# O) y5 G$ G% s1 [6 S"They won't onboard," said.

, B4 \& w; c( O9 A4 {& c# c/ V& Z"An AW109 eight," I out.

"They won't matter," said, beer. him.

, U5 z  P7 \% I* r8 @  E"You're alive," I shoulder. quiet.

"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.

4 Y2 [- F/ F9 o"Hurry pantry. kitchen," I whispered.

I first, priority, Bartoni. open.

9 D  d: D- ?/ G"Hey, doing?" shouted.

"Thanks everything, Don," I said, open. sweet, pastry.
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% e7 v$ j0 S4 z+ s) ?0 N"Jack, us," urged.
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"No time," I said, closed.
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Suddenly, 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.
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2 M0 Y+ s1 ^& I# v1 ]" ^" T"Goddamn you, hero," shouted, succession. high, me. I belonged.

3 B7 F( Q4 g8 [! mI 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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3 [1 o' {" @# V"Kid, do?" asked, over.

7 ~! `" Z3 u. E"Don't it. alone," a commanded.

A me, neck.

"It's bad," said, Williams, I couldn't tell.

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; k& W  {$ E9 R  ^4 K7 }, ]7 p( Y"He's awake, Doctor," a whispered.
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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."

"Where here?" I asked.

"Shadyside."
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$ h! G+ h" i. X6 f  G"Shady who?"
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0 w5 T/ h8 X; }7 e& N; B; u"University Center," clarified. "Now, still. heart. You've a blood. again."

1 V8 w  j# ~8 Z7 H2 A4 Y- \, e"Prognosis?" I questioned.

"We're can," promised, a response.
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"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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- p, h$ v  ]: m$ w6 D1 m"There you. a time," said. time. I didn't mind. I worry, I'd Rites. okay. door.
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"All right, a minutes. only," summoned.

"That's us," I say. Blair, Bobby, in. exhausted. crying. I crying. strange. life, a me, cried. I didn't sincerity, absorb.

* n8 Z% A" }/ T! g8 f: J"You scared," said, forehead. a suit, Service, night. a sweater, Utah. face. a off, up. neck.
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$ I; U/ J/ y5 W; U0 R+ ?6 j3 J"We could," said, a chair. her, I a ghost. a shave.

"You terrible," I whispered. "Why glum?"

"When airport, died," explained. "They a sheet."
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"My God, mother. " I say.
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4 r' s; z+ x: E( V"It's okay, it's okay," said, hand. "I thing. Harold's her, too."

"Harry me," I guessed.
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"Harold you're bravest, he's known," answered, smile.

"The prison," said. "What thinking, that?"

"Debts paid," I said.

( k! E) m* t7 O; W/ ?/ p"You've share," insisted.
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" y. ~- D. ?* F& U, ]4 \I tired. pain. system. a disquiet. lost.
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6 t1 f8 K% u) R1 @6 q+ g"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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' m5 j# H/ A$ J0 Y% E6 [, g"Shouldn't work?" I asked, day, gatekeeper. me, records, I a mother.

" @) r% {, a8 i  `0 X5 y7 W3 U"Professor care," confessed, part. "He wouldn't a you."

7 A7 i' v) U$ u4 X& K* U"That's exaggeration," I protested.

"I it's truth. doesn't lie. anything," insisted. old, I'd Mims' before. Professor, a woman, confident, , efficient. a battleship.

"How's Bobby?" I asked.

"Doing again," said. "Every wane, pages. We've House."

"That's a relief," I said. room, contemplating say. Blairs, I'd with. a girl, a inappropriate.

; Z9 ^2 W$ p* H, e. B"I you've family," said.
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"And I family," I out.

; v4 r9 u$ U; e& T"That's old."
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/ ?$ }# D$ v, y% ["What mean?"
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  N$ d, [& E  E$ E6 H7 T"Look father," demanded, a hawk.
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I instinctively away.

"That's I thought. mother. haven't Bobby?" asked.

"Told what?"

"That don't shooting. don't day."

"What said?"
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. q6 Z" x: _- L3 u6 r, y8 G  ]"So, her?"

4 r" d" g) v2 T2 F4 L"You that."
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"Mom a word. I Alex," explained. "I you."
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1 C, Q3 h! O4 B# U, J7 t& Q"Remind you," I conceded.
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"Tell rest," insisted.

& X& W, x& N# v) z"What I say? excuse? don't love."
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$ c  [  e* @+ M% `5 N4 r"Maybe not, understanding important. It's me."
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"I you," I replied. "Even years, I dreams. sense."

: h; T. x+ L3 s9 h* ?) [8 C"And dreams, prison?"

"You've Dr. Livingston, too?"
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, G% k9 |! o+ r. ]- E% f- L9 G"Sandra I friends," said.

"All friends. club?"

"You're about, yes. It's club."
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"Well, I a institution. be?"
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' k9 _' m7 L. I0 e* S"You're crazy. episode. I veterans' hospitals. We've patients. It's them. better."
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. N4 [5 B! C8 B( ~9 A"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.

"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.

4 A  n+ X5 w+ S& I' r! W"I don't job," I protested.

, B& W  I) \4 a: I5 @, n" w& c8 W"Your today, besides, I'm curious. a scars, they're small. bone. a guy, skin."

( v! h+ i/ \% J" t7 O8 d, H"I a spa," I replied. laughed, up.
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"Mr. aren't funny, I you're funny," decided. "You humor, serious. Dr. that."

0 H5 e' z* }" }8 }" d" [6 a"Shouldn't school? You've I admitted." ribs, back, neck. regions, contemplating options.

"I've before," I a grin. a game. I wasn't respond.

) d& `' I4 _( D$ I: O- y"Okay, today," agreed, away.
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"Thank you," I said.

5 L* ?; [1 M  P* A+ _! s- I"Thank what?" asked.
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"Just you," I answered. weeks, I rehab. infection, healing. April, I Northfield. Valley.
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"Give wishes," I her. "Good classes."
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, `% [5 `5 L7 m"You better. Don't medication," said, tolerate. goodbye. I her, too. Alex, I couldn't a I'd with, a youngster.

"I'm I graduate," mentioned. "It's mother. there."

"Jobs?" I asked.
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0 {9 ?0 P! l3 z" ]7 I+ f& [. w"Lobbying. It's world."

"Let apartment."

"What York?" asked. I bars, parlors, docks, brothels.
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6 s! \" p& m) z"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.

& k+ x2 K  `; t7 P- z/ ^"Mr. Lawrence, you. all," said, hand. alone. I Black, a dark, heritage. I age, hair. Clayton, married, dressed, waist, bald.

9 ^3 }  ~, X- e. `1 O1 h"Jack, office. transfer," explained.
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- F, {& C; q/ G, y; t! p3 ^8 h) _"If a ticket, I a bus," I offered.

: q6 C2 i9 ?# l# R6 W( G; h"You're Northfield," informed.
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/ V+ t. S9 @" }9 X. e4 J& C"What mean?"
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" l) w. @, z9 r8 V2 y  ~! U, l"We a Alexandria."
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"Am I danger?" I inquired.

  Q7 _4 [- S8 k4 b- u) }* ^+ H2 ^"There of. more," said, a study.
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7 o5 O  _5 m+ I+ k' S+ W* e, V' k6 `"Just fights. assassination attempts," I denied.
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7 U, `  s) N+ N; X. g; v" B"We're chances," replied.

1 x, U- X* J- s+ ~. y9 t' M4 VI 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.

I wife, Ann, neighborhood. Rasmussen, I friends. I jailer. a a congressman, Park. a privacy, access. I 1890s, 1970s. quaint, a way.
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( _: `9 j) Y/ N7 T0 [4 u, o"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.

# R5 O' W" ^6 o5 J( K1 Q7 z"Are a day?" I asked.

"Of not. turns," replied.

"Sir, a fuss. I'll week," I protested.

"Perhaps, FBI. do. understood?" admonished.

"Sir, me?" I asked.
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"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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; e- n  \/ w, ?% z% d% ?7 ]* ]"What's you?" asked.

* }" H1 u9 t: }* i. H"I don't mean," I answered.
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4 K' S$ _! E1 J0 O; e"It's there. hadn't bench, frozen."
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"I didn't notice," I said, I numb.

"We hard. didn't much, you've it," said.

"What point?" I asked.

6 B% D2 f+ H. b# k5 p  J"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.

! z+ q1 F3 g. Q) l"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?"
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"I haven't years. outdated," I answered.

"But clearance," said.

$ D9 R: f# |' c"I don't I a clearance," I replied.
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! c- l- a% i+ |' {2 @1 u"Captain a division, mine," clarified.
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6 u  v! [, l9 A4 V) O"I'm a sergeant, a captain. days," I said. "What you, Juliet?"

4 a8 C* i, p1 b8 H4 H"Almost medicine," said, pert. "Dating a now. a felon, great." a figure. a ponytail.

$ L4 W, S! l8 C5 L"Pilot?" I asked.

"Physical therapist," said. "Someone with."

"I'm along. back," I defended, falsely. "I'm well."

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.

1 C; S" @! A3 H$ w"How doing?" asked.
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) `( j$ m8 a. C"As expected," I said.

0 L: V$ b& U6 p+ F/ A& I& g"Leeson you're now. par. I've a Reed."
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"If I pass, Northfield?" I asked.
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3 s) G( F( S8 E7 _. U"Are return?" surprise.

' c1 `, b- T: ?( n"I can't nothing. FBI. babysitting."
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"Do doing?"

"No, haven't offered, I haven't asked," I said.
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3 O! S0 x0 g, t9 }"We're a headquartered O'Neill 1st Street. I counterterrorism?"

"It's a years," I answered.
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) T& M4 x9 z' R" l"I help," continued. "We're operations. research, can."

"Your I do," I said, asset. next? door?

"My Tuesday. along? a days?"
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"In handcuffs?" I asked.

"We'll clothes. handcuffs," promised.

"I've Gettysburg," I agreed.
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* * * * * * 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.
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"Excuse me, guides?" a asked. a her, all, visit. they'd country's history. A I for.

5 [$ L( g( N+ u* E"What know, ma'am?" I asked, hat.
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0 u! E% R2 ~* o"Was a battle?" a asked.
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7 Y  Q) y$ x3 k5 o4 g"How there?" inquired.
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% U6 J1 s. w2 b"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?"
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"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.

& n7 s. M8 H' ]"You experience," said, me.
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"I'm old," I protested.

"You I mean. Valley," pressed. "You fire."
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5 C' z+ P7 A  _1 J) S% b( ?( S$ Y' J"It job," I explained.
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"Some didn't a that," said. Charlie, listening, too. I didn't a subject.

, r' T+ S3 _7 T' Q' m5 ^' t+ @7 `. JI 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.
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: d& T$ ~$ s( k8 n5 C"Lavanna 144th. 104th Rangers. classified, hook."

"Your inspiring. won't YouTube," said. "I shots, too. singing."

+ K* F( z5 C; s3 h8 ["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.
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"Christ, Jack, don't know?" I table.
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7 S# o  t9 q# R0 d! N1 x"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.

) X- s0 q  d7 P" P"Jack, I Jack, U.S. free? don't handcuffs. What's escaping?"

6 `8 N& x! x, E& O" W, z"Escape where, Ashok? I Ashok?" I replied.
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"You may," agreed.

"I'm America. least, I famous. There's escaping. rest, I don't know. Charlie, I loose?"
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9 x1 H6 @, _" H! [' W* e"If you're a risk, it's question," said.

3 c: S2 q  Y) \9 W& P"Don't worry, Ashok. week," I said, juice.
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) I/ z; ^$ g4 e"Resolve what?" asked.
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/ r& w9 ]! J! Y- w+ c1 I1 B"I've a Richmond," I explained, biscuit. "Now I'm again, there's custody. Northfield."

2 q$ v4 f  V! Z7 ?; `"Michaelson isn't that," objected.
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. n9 v, G5 r5 J"It's decision," I replied.

0 m6 V! M& a( M& a"Jack, shouldn't. dangerous. there," said.
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4 R, ~! S$ G! a% o* D3 D2 N"Maximum inmates. I don't treatment," I said, approach.
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3 ?# E( |8 u$ B9 s: B2 L& H# T"Someone do, wouldn't us," said, FBI.
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"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.
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+ M) \, q: g) ?9 m) f2 K' X, R1 ]"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.

: N1 J/ S+ ~; B- G" Y! w+ b# j"They're it," seat, dashboard.
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"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.

$ X3 t, x! D) q6 W  i, H4 w5 C"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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