Floyd's phone vibrated incessantly in his pocket, disrupting the meeting he was having with his father and several soldiers. They had been successfully driving back the Scots, and Floyd was confident that he would be back in Boston in a few weeks.
His father shot him a stern look as his phone vibrated again, almost daring him to disrupt the meeting by checking it. Floyd resisted the urge to check his phone, knowing that the caller was not the one person he was eager to hear from. Checking his phone at that moment would only give his father the impression that he wasn't taking the imminent threat seriously.
Several hours later, after enduring yet another dinner with a woman who held no interest for him, Floyd remembered to check his phone. His heart skipped a beat when he saw the name on
