Chapter Three-Two

Interlude.

“Their performance was remarkable, given their experience.”

“Yes, but the result is still terrible. And now he’s involved.”

“Don’t worry about it. The red tape is closing in, but our operations expand every day. We’ll handle it.”

“Christ. Don’t tell me these things. You should know better.”

“I can’t help it. It’s a pride thing.”

“Speaking of those operations, you need to be more careful. Two operatives killed in such a public way- you’re lucky nothing came out of that. It could have blown your whole organization out of the water.”

“The OSB is not so fragile.”

“If that’s really what you think, then you're far deeper into this mess than you know.”