On Tuesday morning Chelyan was impatiently waiting for Mel to walk over from his cottage for a pre-lunch appetizer in the bedroom when her cell phone disrupted her fantasies. She saw that it was Marshall and assumed he had an update for her concerning IAI. “Good morning, Marshall. How’s the wonderful world of Springfield today?”
“I guess I’d say it’s a far cry from wonderful. Have you been keeping up with the Springfield news while you enjoy the warm beach sands?”
“Not a chance. What’s going on?”
“Late last night, Dunc Sutter was picked off by a sniper under eerily similar circumstances to the shooting of Dieter.”
“Oh my God! Are you serious? Of course, you are. I know you’d never tease me with anything like that. What do you know?”
“He was working late on something at his office and
