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Drake was amused to see that CIA Director Clark Winston had brought along the blonde woman from this morning’s fiasco.
His Rangers had definitely enjoyed telling him of Clarissa Reese’s poor attitude about being treated as a prisoner of war. When he’d shredded Clark Winston’s receipt made out to General Fitzgerald Patrick, they hadn’t said a word.
“Rangers lead the way, boys.” He’d shaken both their hands and offered them friendly slaps on the back. The 75th Rangers were brutally tough and it was a hard slog meant for younger men, but a part of him still missed the camaraderie. Didn’t get much of that at his level. They’d stridden out of his office with the well-deserved pride of the fine soldiers they were.
General Fitzgerald Patrick had brought Colonel Gray. Probably as protection
