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Author: Capri Montgomery
Sully really was one of the good guys.
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Chapter Two
"M s. James," agent Tony Cordova waited patiently for Liz to acknowledge his presence.
"What is it?" She sat at her solid oak desk finalizing business before leaving her office for the campaign trail. There could be no mistakes, especially not now. A mistake would be attributed to being weak, distracted. She was neither weak nor distracted, but in announcing her bid to run for presidential election she had just made herself a media target.
"I thought you would want to know our two agents have picked up Captain Masterson and your daughter."
"Are they on their way to the U.S.?"
"They're still in Central America, but they're headed to the airstrip."
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"I see." She signed off on another confidential document and tucked it inside the dark gray folder before speaking again. "Keep me posted."
"Yes m'am."
Alaina's misfortunes always came at the best possible time for Liz.
She had already planned how to spin Alaina's captivity to her benefit. A woman who, though worried about her captive daughter, still had the ability to keep the best interest of the country in mind was sure to look favorably come election time. Refusing to give up confidential prisoner holding information was in the best interest of the country, she would assure any detractors of that point while making sure they knew she believed in bringing any American taken hostage home safe. Mothers would understand her dilemma; patriots would honor her decision to stay strong in the face of great adversity. The voters, come election day, would have no reason not to elect her. She would assure them that she would issue in a new government, one that put the people first. A united government where red tape tied up less progress than it currently did. The public in general was tired of politicians who couldn't put country ahead of their own agenda. They wanted change and she would promise them that change.
Her past was locked up so tight that not even the president had access to everything in it. It wasn't as if she had many visible skeletons with or without security clearance. She had spent her life preparing for greatness and that meant she had learned long ago how to cover her Saints and Sinners 28
mistakes. She had learned long before she met Sean O'Grady, Alaina's father. She had planned, calculated, every step of the relationship. Sean was an international businessman with money and resources out of her immediate scope. When she met him she was already ten years in with the agency, but his money and connections was what she needed to get farther. He had built a world for himself in D.C. and New York. He knew the markets, had judges as golfing buddies, military generals as business associates and she learned how to work them all. Soon his contacts had become her contacts. His resources became her resources, and she knew how to manipulate every one of them, including him.
Before he saw her for the first time she knew who he was, what he did, what type of coffee he liked and where he liked to spend his free time.
She knew what type of car he drove, what type of woman he liked, and what she needed to do to attract his interest. By the time he met her she already had her game plan in place and, though he didn't know it, their impromptu meeting was all a part of her plan.
She didn't jog late afternoon, yet she had gone because she knew he did. Her first attempt had been unproductive since he hadn't shown for his five o'clock run, but the second day had proved worthwhile. She saw him as he made his first run around the lake before jogging off into the woods. From her vantage point she knew exactly how long it would take until he met up with her, six minutes precisely, but she had to time it right or she'd mess up her chances if another jogger came by. Too early and she'd miss him, too late and her plan wouldn't work. So she waited. She Capri Montgomery 29
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Chapter Two
"M s. James," agent Tony Cordova waited patiently for Liz to acknowledge his presence.
"What is it?" She sat at her solid oak desk finalizing business before leaving her office for the campaign trail. There could be no mistakes, especially not now. A mistake would be attributed to being weak, distracted. She was neither weak nor distracted, but in announcing her bid to run for presidential election she had just made herself a media target.
"I thought you would want to know our two agents have picked up Captain Masterson and your daughter."
"Are they on their way to the U.S.?"
"They're still in Central America, but they're headed to the airstrip."
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"I see." She signed off on another confidential document and tucked it inside the dark gray folder before speaking again. "Keep me posted."
"Yes m'am."
Alaina's misfortunes always came at the best possible time for Liz.
She had already planned how to spin Alaina's captivity to her benefit. A woman who, though worried about her captive daughter, still had the ability to keep the best interest of the country in mind was sure to look favorably come election time. Refusing to give up confidential prisoner holding information was in the best interest of the country, she would assure any detractors of that point while making sure they knew she believed in bringing any American taken hostage home safe. Mothers would understand her dilemma; patriots would honor her decision to stay strong in the face of great adversity. The voters, come election day, would have no reason not to elect her. She would assure them that she would issue in a new government, one that put the people first. A united government where red tape tied up less progress than it currently did. The public in general was tired of politicians who couldn't put country ahead of their own agenda. They wanted change and she would promise them that change.
Her past was locked up so tight that not even the president had access to everything in it. It wasn't as if she had many visible skeletons with or without security clearance. She had spent her life preparing for greatness and that meant she had learned long ago how to cover her Saints and Sinners 28
mistakes. She had learned long before she met Sean O'Grady, Alaina's father. She had planned, calculated, every step of the relationship. Sean was an international businessman with money and resources out of her immediate scope. When she met him she was already ten years in with the agency, but his money and connections was what she needed to get farther. He had built a world for himself in D.C. and New York. He knew the markets, had judges as golfing buddies, military generals as business associates and she learned how to work them all. Soon his contacts had become her contacts. His resources became her resources, and she knew how to manipulate every one of them, including him.
Before he saw her for the first time she knew who he was, what he did, what type of coffee he liked and where he liked to spend his free time.
She knew what type of car he drove, what type of woman he liked, and what she needed to do to attract his interest. By the time he met her she already had her game plan in place and, though he didn't know it, their impromptu meeting was all a part of her plan.
She didn't jog late afternoon, yet she had gone because she knew he did. Her first attempt had been unproductive since he hadn't shown for his five o'clock run, but the second day had proved worthwhile. She saw him as he made his first run around the lake before jogging off into the woods. From her vantage point she knew exactly how long it would take until he met up with her, six minutes precisely, but she had to time it right or she'd mess up her chances if another jogger came by. Too early and she'd miss him, too late and her plan wouldn't work. So she waited. She Capri Montgomery 29
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waited
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