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Just after ten p.m. that night Samantha arrived. Ellen opened the door of the apartment unit and Nick rose to help her with her bag. Samantha greeted Mitch. The tension in the room was palpable. After she settled into the shared room with Ellen, Mitch called them together.
“Let’s go through the plan,” he said. The group settled on the two couches.
Mitch started. “At two a.m. we will take our positions. The back-up team will be at the VIP house, the SWAT and USERT teams will be ready but we won’t see them, in theory. Nick and I will be in the parking lot or beach area, Ellie and Sam, you will be here, waiting for your cue. Everyone is to have their trackers on, their phone on silent, their headpiece on. I’ll keep you all, and John, posted on anything I see. Nick will do the same. John
