CHAPTER TEN
November 12
8:53 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
The West Wing
The White House, Washington DC
“There was violence all through the night,” Kat Lopez said. “Kurt has the details, but the worst of it was in Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle.”
“Why wasn’t I told about this?” Susan said.
They walked along the halls of the West Wing toward the Oval Office. Their heels clacked on the marble floor. Susan felt better than she had in a while—well rested from a long night’s sleep. She had eaten breakfast in the Family Kitchen without checking the news once. She was beginning to believe that events were taking a turn for the positive. Until a minute ago.
Kat shrugged. “I wanted you to get some sleep. There was nothing you could do about it in the middle of the night, and I figured toda
