CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
Deputy Director Cartwright pocketed his phone. The line had gone dead. Steele had hung up on him. At least there was no doubt now—Zero was alive. And he had taken out Morris. Probably Reidigger. The two men that Cartwright himself had sent after him. And maybe even Johansson too, seemingly for good measure.
Cartwright rubbed his temples. The very last thing he wanted to do at the moment was the long walk to Director Mullen’s office to tell him that Morris was dead. He could already anticipate what Mullen would say, what he would order.
Though… maybe he didn’t have to tell Mullen himself.
He called out through the partially open door of his office to his assistant. “Lindsay, get Steve Bolton down here ASAP, would you?”
“Right away, sir.”
It took Bolton four minutes
