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“Gage had a nightmare Can you co in his closet? He doesn’t believe me”

He turned to her, grinning “Be right there—”

Molly heard a shot, cold and sharp as the moon, and saw her husband slammed violently forward by a bullet Molly’s screaht

Criminal Apprehension Unit (CAU)

Hoover Building

Washington, DC

Earlier on Thursday

Denny Roper from Security caal-sized envelope Savich studied the big black block-printed handwriting: DILLON SAVICH, CRIMINAL APPREHENSION UNIT, THIRD FLOOR That was it No address

Roper said, “A visitor told Briggs at security check-in in the lobby that he noticed this envelope propped against the outside door on the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance Briggs wanted me to look at it before it came to you, just in case

“We put it through the X-ray, checked it out for biologics There’s nothing gnarly like anthrax on the envelope or on that one piece of paper—but it’s curious, Savich The person who sent it knows not only the name of your unit but your location—third floor”