Chapter VIIJuarez, Chihuahua
Mexico
October 11, 2011
The dark blue Gulfstream IV shot out of the bank of clouds above the Rio Grande at over 300mph, streamlined aerodynamics and precise navigation performing a turbulence-free flight. Small red lights on the wings blinked at intervals. The down-flaps shifted slightly, angling the aircraft on a descent that broke up more ranks of clouds, most bright and fluffy white, some dark and thickening with ice, dust, and precipitation. Tempests in infancy.
The ground appeared a few blinks later, terra firma that looked especially sharp after hours of immersion in the fluffy canopy of potential thunderheads. Beams of sunlight filtered down in rays that faded but still brightened the greens and browns of small dry climate shrubs and cacti peppering
