We set up an operations center in one of the larger conference rooms in the hotel, with the Peterson Foundation footing the bill. All the hotline calls were being routed there and there were several operators fielding calls. Photos of Yaqiz and the others had already been distributed nationally to the press and television stations.
Teixeira turned to me as I entered the room. “Nothing to report yet. Just the usual bunch of crazies after the reward money.”
“Well, I’m going out of my mind just sitting around. Give me the photos and I’ll have copies made. My guys and I will split up and start distributing them around the outskirts of town.”
“Good idea. I’ll send the rest of my team as well. I wish that I could go too, but I need to be here in case something breaks.”
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