@Al: Jan and Glo are in the room but you are still waiting for John to make an appearance when you receive a text. >>The identity, location, and disposition of my operative has been confirmed. I have contacted Torrent and released the funds. Thank you. it is refreshing to work with a professional. Keep this code and use it if you are ever in need of a good extraction team.<<

A message from Torrent follows soon after. >>Al. I have the release for the funds so I guess all went smoothly. Feel free to use me again in the future as I can use more 25K paydays like this. How do you want the money dispersed?<<

@John: >>Thank you for keeping me informed. I have been watching the news feeds. We have had some excitement here as well. I will make sure that all here are prepared. See you at the meeting. I can meet you at the arch and escort you in, if you like?<<

@Apartment 4C and elsewhere: There is nothing remaining in the apartment that would tell anyone that three men had been there for several hours, other than the faint aroma of some sort of cleaning solution that is even now dissipating.

Anyone even remotely caring about the people coming and going in the ‘Shack across the street from the motel would see the young couple at the table in the window get up and leave, arm in arm.

The drunk on the sidewalk comes to and stumbles away, looking for another drink.

The duty ER PA at Maple Valley General takes an early dinner, sitting down with some friends in the hospital cafeteria. The talk naturally goes to the big news events of the day and they spend some time discussing the terrorist attacks. At that moment, the PA has a revelation: the woman dropped off in his ER earlier had been the woman wanted by the KE for questioning in the street gas attack. He had known that her face was familiar and now kicks himself for not realizing it earlier. He mentions that he should let someone know and is told by another PA, who works in the admitting section, that the authorities already know as several KE officers had come into the hospital earlier and removed her over the wishes of the attending physician. Apparently, the KE officers had a private physician in tow and enough clout to make it happen and the woman had been wheeled out to a waiting ambulance and driven off.

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