CHAPTER FORTY FIVE
3:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
The Skies over Virginia
Luke and Ed sat at the table near the front of the plane. Ed was drinking a celebratory beer from a cooler on the floor. Luke would do the same, only…
Even when something looks like it’s over, it isn’t, Kent Philby had once told him. It’s never over.
“Things are bad,” Swann said, his voice crackling through the phone.
“Bad?” Ed said. “The data records Dak Pearl kept, all by themselves, should be enough to get Monroe out of office.”
“They are, and they already did. Monroe has left the White House.”
“Good,” Ed said. “And there’s some heavy murder allegations coming down the road. Dak’s girlfriend’s testimony—”
“Sure,” Trudy said. “It’s going to be more than enough. And once the investigation really gets rolli
