The Negotiator
“Dave was leaning against a support post when she came back from washing her face. Kate looked at his alert face and sighed. She borrowed his cup of coffee.
“That bad?” He dug sugar packets out of his pocket and smiled. “Finish that and I’ll get you its cousin.”
“You better find its double cousin. I need a transfusion of caffeine.”
“Bad dream?”
She shook her head. “My couch is more comfortable.” The bad dreams had been there in full force last night. It had been the bomb in her hands exploding, ...becoming the plane exploding—then a scramble to pull out victims at the bank, pull victims out of the wreckage.
Dave turned her around and set about rubbing the kinks out of her neck. She leaned into the warmth of his hands, sighing with relief. “Better?”
She rolled her neck and for once it didn’t pop. “Much.”
“They’ve moved the update meeting in the east conference room to 7 A.M.; Marcus said he would meet us there.”
“They made progress last night.”
“Sounds that way.”MoreLess
“That bad?” He dug sugar packets out of his pocket and smiled. “Finish that and I’ll get you its cousin.”
“You better find its double cousin. I need a transfusion of caffeine.”
“Bad dream?”
She shook her head. “My couch is more comfortable.” The bad dreams had been there in full force last night. It had been the bomb in her hands exploding, ...becoming the plane exploding—then a scramble to pull out victims at the bank, pull victims out of the wreckage.
Dave turned her around and set about rubbing the kinks out of her neck. She leaned into the warmth of his hands, sighing with relief. “Better?”
She rolled her neck and for once it didn’t pop. “Much.”
“They’ve moved the update meeting in the east conference room to 7 A.M.; Marcus said he would meet us there.”
“They made progress last night.”
“Sounds that way.”MoreLess
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