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“In war, truth is the first casualty.” -Aeschylus
Present Day
David Manning was kidnapped outside his Vienna, Virginia home on a
Friday evening just after he drove home from work.
He had texted his wife to tell her that he was leaving, then he went to pick
up their ritual Friday dinner. Pizza night had become a favorite end of week
routine for his family. He turned on to I-66 heading west just as the glow of his
cell phone lit up the inside of his car. He swiped across the screen to answer,
and his wife Lindsay’s voice came over the car’s speakers.
“Hi honey.” she said.
“Hey Lins. How was your day?”
“Pretty good. But now your daughter has decided that the dog is a pony.
She keeps chasing it around the house, and trying to ride it. Apparently she
picked it up from a TV show.”
“Uh-oh. Maybe we should have gotten a bigger dog?” David smiled,
picturing his mischievous daughter and the unfortunate Jack Russell terrier.
“I’m looking forward to date night on the couch tonight. I’ve got the
movie all picked out. It’s a chick flick. You’ve been travelling too much. You
owe me.”
“Anything you say, babe.” He smiled to himself.
“Hi daddy!” came his daughter’s voice.
“Hey Maddie. How’s it going? Are you being good to the doggy?”
“Yeeesss.”
“Your mom said that you—”
Click. His phone’s screen went red, signaling that the call had ended.
David smiled and shook his head. No need to call back. He would be
home soon. David’s calls were often ended prematurely when his three-year-old
daughter got the phone. She loved that red button. It was like the phone makers
designed it to tempt kids to press. Oh well.
David scrolled through his radio and landed on NPR. They were replaying
a news story that he had heard this morning on China beginning to unload much
of the American debt that it owned. China’s steel production had also slowed.
U.S. markets were getting jittery. They quoted the usual experts who gave their
opinions on whether catastrophe was waiting around the corner. David flipped
the radio to the oldies channel.
Traffic was heavy. Rain began sprinkling the windshield, blurring the red
taillights ahead. I-66 was moving, but slowly. After about twenty minutes of
driving he took the Nutley exit towards Vienna.
Joe’s Pizza and Pasta was at the intersection of Nutley Street and Maple
Avenue. He pulled into the parking lot and walked inside. The bustle of a
Friday night in the suburbs sounded off. Loud conversations drowned out soft
rock. Waitresses delivered plastic pitchers of soda and crushed ice. Families
stuffed their mouths with salad and hot slices of pepperoni and mozzarella.
The pizzeria employees knew David by sight.
“Hey, Mr. Manning! The usual, eh?” said the mustached man behind the
register. It looked like he had a young cousin next to him, learning the ropes.
David smiled said hello. He was pretty sure that everyone who worked in
the restaurant was related. He paid, took the two boxes, and then walked back
out to the parking lot.
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