and. It hit the marble floor of the Manhattan
custom wool trousers. The heat b
es turned stark white. The plast
yelled into
le
open. His assistant
his computer terminal. His fingers hammered the k
ilitary-grade satellite tracking map appe
map. It locked onto a rem
e from his pocket. He pressed the single red button. The family emergency line. The activatio
ead of a massive mahogany table. Th
pe watch vibrated. The face
r chair. It tipped backward and crashed onto the
in front of a chalkboard. He was
the red alert. He dropped the chalk. It shattered on the
stood at the firing range. The s
k comms device. Johnie looked at the screen. He handed his r
dirt set. Cameras rolled. A mass
the cameras and the bewildered crew toward the edge of the lot, where his personal Ducati motorcycle was parked. He threw his
looking the Hudson River, three black helicopters
r. He carried a silver trauma kit
men in black tactical gear flanke
whipped their clothes. It blew
the pad. They banked s
re video link. They were already mobilizing their own private jets and tactical teams from thei
e Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner. The
loud layer. They flew at maximum speed,
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