Chapter 57
Margaret can’t sleep and spends the night pacing and going over and over each detail of the plan and then creating a list of questions and concerns. When Ivan FaceTime calls, just hearing his voice calms her.
“Margaret, darling, what’s wrong?”
“I’m worried. Maybe I’ve forgotten something. Maybe I’ve miscalculated.”
“Oh, now I understand. Listen to me carefully. Do you think the Joint Chiefs are foolish men?”
“Of course not.”
“Do you imagine your Chiefs would send thousands upon thousands of their men and women down a rabbit trap of your making?”
“Ah, no.”
“But you imagine that, somehow, you’ve set things in motion that will result in catastrophe. You, personally, against their better judgments, have forced them to act.”
“When you put it that way, it sounds ridiculous. I
