Chapter 45

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46 During the day, Alyssa McTee drove her way west from the Maryland coast and headed into Virginia. She hugged the edge of the Marine base at Quantico and wove from one rural road to another. In the evening, after settling down at a quiet roadside motel, it became obvious to her that this was going to be one of those strange late nights where she just couldn’t sleep. After an hour of trying, Alyssa climbed out of bed, got dressed, and went outside to stare up into the endless, yet brilliantly lit, night sky. There were more stars than anyone could possibly count, and Alyssa didn’t bother trying. About a hundred yards down the road, she could hear the low laughter of a few people gathered around a small country store she’d driven past. Back home in Atlanta, she wouldn’t have thought of s

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