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The man glanced at his watch and lifted the remote to turn on the TV. He could just catch the last couple of innings. The Nationals game filled the screen, and he settled into his favorite recliner with a bag of food from the burger place down the street. Opening the bag, he pulled out some french fries, shoving them in his mouth before reaching back in for his foil-wrapped burger. He watched as the pitcher threw a fast ball, striking out the batter at the plate. He grunted in approval and unwrapped his burger.
Before he could take a bite, his phone began vibrating in his pocket and he sighed, reluctantly pulling it out with his free hand.
“Yes? What is it?”
“Sorry to bother you, sir, but you asked to be called with an update.”
“Yes?”
“Unfortunately, the target is proving difficult.”
The man stilled.
“How difficult?”
“Alpha had to abort, and Delta hasn't checked in for over an hour. The target is still mobile.”
The man swore softly.
“Where is Delta?”
“That's just it, sir. I don't know.”
“What do you mean you don't know?!”
“The last contact I had was that he was moving to intercept the target. That was over an hour ago.”
“These are not the results I was expecting,” the man said harshly. “Where is the target now?”
“En route to the hospital.”
“How do we know?”
“Scanners picked up her name as the paramedics called it in.”
“We have the name of the hospital?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Send a team to the hospital,” the man instructed tersely. “No excuses. No failures. The target cannot be allowed to survive. Am I clear?”
“Yes, sir.”
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CW Browning was writing before she could spell. Making up stories with her childhood best friend in the backyard in Olathe, Kansas, imagination ran wild from the very beginning. At the age of eight, she printed out her first full-length novel on a dot-matrix printer. All eighteen chapters of it. Through the years, the writing took a backseat to the mechanics of life as she explored other avenues of interest. Those mechanics, however, have a great way of underlining what genuinely lifts a spirit and makes the soul sing. After attending Rutgers University and studying History, her love for writing was rekindled. It became apparent where her heart truly lay. Picking up an old manuscript, she dusted it off and went back to what made her whole. CW still makes up stories in her backyard, but now she crafts them for her readers to enjoy. She makes her home in Southern New Jersey, where she loves to grill steak and sip red wine on the patio.
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Copyright © 2019 by Clare Wroblewski
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or events is entirely coincidental.
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First Printing: 2019