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2. Commander Fauré was equally concerned about his conversation with Officer O’Rourke. “What a mess. That pretty little Irish recruit has no idea what she has stumbled across. She could be my undoing if she chose. Exposure of my decision could serve as the excuse to upend the whole Solar Shield Project.”
3. Jay felt the need to escape. Kelly’s touch on his arm was more powerful than he anticipated … At the end of the evening, Kelly gave Jay a casual hug as she thanked him … Jay felt a long-dormant sense of emotional and physical desire.
5. Kelly examined the video entry system and triumphantly pushed the button for 604. Someone let her in without a word. A chill ran down her spine. Suddenly she realized how foolish she was to race to the suspect’s apartment. She stopped in the entrance area, frozen in fear of what might await her upstairs.
6. Zhang found the Commander’s assertion astounding. “You mean this whole exercise is part of a fraud? NSSI wanted us to hack the Solar Shield computer so they could exploit it for their own profit? Outrageous! And we were dupes!” Cai counseled caution. “For all we know, the Commander was lying to me to save himself.”