EPILOGUE
Later that day Nathan filled Max in on it all, and the CIA began some inquiries as to Mikel’s whereabouts; among other things, they needed to know for sure that no one else had access to Mikel’s remote-controlled nanotechnology.
One week and five thousand dollars later, someone copped to having given a man who looked an awful lot like Mikel a private plane ride out past where the Florida Keys ended.
Meanwhile, Nathan Thomas was back with the woman he loved and surrounded by his family. As they sat down to dinner with Jandy, Tony, Max, Faith and Rick, he and Bella held hands, and finally got to make the pregnancy announcement to them all.
The room erupted with joy.
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Mikel Metzger stood on the balcony of his father’s complex in the sss jungle in Brazil. He lazily swirled a
