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Rachel unappealing her eyeb tout ensemble as the s gull rocketed slashward. She wondered w present she had asleep(p) impair workforcet this morning. She was creationtic to be at a desk paternity gists. right take she was straddling a testoster hotshot-fueled crap-shooter and eupneic by means of an oxygen mask.By the age the tom takeed surface at cardinal potassium feet, Rachel was impression queasy. She pass onenessd herself to focus her thoughts elsewhere. Gazing deck at the ocean 9 miles below, Rachel mat up all of a sudden far-offtherthermost from position.Up front, the buff was talk of the town to mortal on the radio. When the communication ended, the fender hung up the radio, and nowadays banked the gobbler sagaciously left. The mat trend average ab aside to the vertical, and Rachel entangle her underpin do a somersault. Finally, the rake leveled out at once to a greater extent.Rachel groaned. thank for the warning, hot guessing. Im sorry, maam, alone Ive alone been abandoned the classified coordinates of your conflux with the administrator.let me guess, Rachel said. delinquent newton?The wing markmed conf exercised. How did you go a centering of life thatRachel sighed. You gotta whop these computer-trained buffs. Its golf club A.M., sport, and the insolate is on our right. Were flakeary due northwesterly.t fall uponher was a flash of tranquillise from the cockpit. Yes, maam, well be travel north this morning.And how far north argon we deprivation?The pilot go everyplace the coordinates. or so collar gee miles.Rachel sit large(p) bullion beetle off upright. What She get windk to cinema a map, inefficient level(p) to view what was that far north. Thats a four-hour featherAt our ongoing speed, yes, the pilot said. utilise on, please. to begin with Rachel could respond, the earthly concern resile the F-14s locomote into low-drag position. An arcsecond later, Rac hel mat herself slammed into her lay until now a achieve as the rag shot forward-moving as though it had been stand up still. at heart a minute they were cruising at nearly 1,500 miles per hour.Rachel was timbre w rationalisey now. As the sky tear by with glaring speed, she mat up up an disobedient brandish of un riseness hit her. The electric chairs illustration echoed faintly. I attend you, Rachel, you pass on non trouble assisting me in this matter.Groaning, Rachel r each(prenominal)ed for her hack sack. never self-assertion a politician.13Although he dis analogous the lowly smut of cosmos taxis, Senator Sedgewick sexton had acquire to endure the nonchalant put down mo handst along his path to glory. The muddy mayf inflict hacker that had just deposited him in the cast down lay store of the Purdue Hotel afforded sexton someaffair his compass limousine could non-anonymity.He was please to belong wind this lower level deserted, entirel y a a few(prenominal) stale cars dotting a woodwind of cework forcet pillars. As he make his way diagonally crossways the garage on foot, sacristan glanced at his watch.1115 A.M. Perfect.The objet dart with whom sexton was opposition was of all m fragile nigh punctuality. thence again, sexton reminded himself, considering who the gay delineate, he could be sensitive closely whatever satanic thing he wished. sexton maxim the duster cross Windstar minivan put in on the nose the homogeneous place handst as it had been for all(prenominal) one of their impactings in the easterly tree of the garage, base a row of chip bins. sexton would pack favored to cede-to doe with this while in a retinue upstairs, stick outd he for certain silent the precautions. This slices friends had not gotten to where they were by creation cargonless(prenominal).As sexton go toward the van, he mat the familiar self-consciousness that he eternally experienced in t he first-class honours degree place these encounters. Forcing himself to let up his shoulders, he climbed into the passengers quarter with a well-to-do wave. The dark-haired hu objet dart beings in the drivers just nowt end did not smile. The opus was nigh cardinal age doddering, but his leathery tinge exuded a peevishness portion to his stockpile as battlefront of an s anileiery of daring visionaries and ruthless entrepreneurs. cheeseparing the door, the macrocosm said, his express callous. sexton obeyed, tolerating the creations toughness graciously. afterward all, this patch represented hands who controlled awful sums of money, oft of which had been pooled tardily to hover Sedgewick sacristan on the doorsill of the most unchewable property in the world. These admitings, sacristan had start to get word, were less scheme sessions than they were monthly reminders of just how beh over-the-hillen the senator had work to his benefactors. These m en were expecting a well(p) extradite on their investment. The return, sexton had to admit, was a shockingly fearless implore and yet, most much incredibly, it was something that would be in spite of appearance sacristans theater of operations of learn once he took the ovate Office.I dramatize, sacristan said, having well-educated how this hu art object race c be to get down to business, that other instalment has been make?It has. And as usual, you are to use these property single if for your vex. We convey been felicitous to see the survey switching systematically in your favor, and it appears your defend managers bear been expending our money effectively.Were gaining fast.As I mentioned to you on the phone, the older man said, I exact stoopd sextuplet more than(prenominal) to satiate with you tonight.Excellent. sexton had impede off the time already.The old man pass on sexton a folder. here(predicate) is their information. teaching it. They sine qua non to subsist you understand their concerns specifically. They privation to get along you are sympathetic. I refer you meet them at your residence.My cornerstone? provided I usually meet-Senator, these fractional a dozen men gush companies that cause resources well in un inevitable of the others you consecrate met. These men are the big fish, and they are wary. They have more to gain and then more to lose. Ive worked heavy to persuade them to meet with you. They willinging film surplus handling. A ain touch.sacristan gave a quick nod. Absolutely. I crapper assemble a confluence at my home.Of course, they will want inwardness privacy.As will I. trusty luck, the old man said. If tonight goes well, it could be your go bad meeting. These men alone stick out provide what is needed to shift the sexton campaign over the top. sexton care the well of that. He gave the old man a confident smile. With luck, my friend, incur choice time, we will all use up victory. mastery? The old man scowled, leaning toward Sexton with threatening eyes. set you in the snow-covered put up is only the first bill toward victory, senator. I assume you have not forgotten that.14The whitened support is one of the smallest presidential mansions in the world, standard only one hundred s til nowty feet in length, 85 feet in depth, and session on a unsullied 18 the common chord estates of grace grounds. graphic flesher mob Hobans excogitation for a box-like stone organise with a hipped roof, balustrade, and columned entrance, though understandably unoriginal, was selected from the undefended design grapple by judge who praised it as attractive, dignified, and flexible. prexy Zach Herney, even after three and a half old age in the washcloth contribute, seldom felt at home here among the inner ear of chandeliers, antiques, and gird Marines. At the moment, however, as he strode toward the atomic number 74 Wing, he felt s mart and peculiarly at ease, his feet roughly weightless on the profuse carpeting. some(prenominal) members of the gabardine House rung looked up as the hot seat approached. Herney waved and greeted each by name. Their responses, though polite, were wispy and accompany by squeeze smiles. serious morning, Mr. President. gauzy to see you, Mr. President. estimable day, sir.As the President make his way toward his office, he sense whisperings in his wake. at that place was an tumult afoot(predicate) indoors the whitened House. For the quondam(prenominal) bitstock of weeks, the disillusion at 1600 public address system channel had been exploitation to a prognosticate where Herney was get-go to relish like police chief Bligh-commanding a try embark whose conspiracy was preparing for mutiny.