“Two minutes. Get ready!” She shouted to him and Roy.
He nodded. Every second they got it further away from Washington, DC the better. If it was nuclear, there would be no way to save themselves no matter how fast they flew. Best to use every second to save the city.
For half a second he hoped that Cornelia hadn’t figured that out, then he laughed.
“What?” she shouted at him.
He swung her boom microphone out of the way and dragged her in to kiss her and kiss her hard.
Of course she’d known that. She’d probably figured it out before he had. Probably before she’d forced her way onto the helicopter. And yet she’d come anyway. Knowing she could have been safe, she had to see it through to the end.
“I love you,” he shouted at her.
She nodded. Then her eyes unfocused for a moment as she l
