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psychology combined with his battle-tested coolness under pressure made him a natural for crisis management. Five years as lead negotiator had earned him the reputation of a risk taker who didn’t always follow the conventional wisdom of other trained negotiators. His critics said that his unorthodox style would eventually catch up with him. The prediction only made Vince bolder. But this texting bullshit made him feel impotent. New acronyms popped up every hour. The coffeehouse had free Wi-Fi, so Vince put down his latte and Googled the definition of “KUTGW.” Keep up the good work. Benign
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McKenna’s text messages continued to load on his smart phone. The wireless transfer from McKenna’s memory card to his occurred in seconds, no way for McKenna to know what had hit her. Message after message, line after line, nothing but teenage babble. Vince was actually feeling pretty fortunate to be single. How do parents keep up with this insanity? Vince scrolled through McKenna’s messages, coffee in one hand and his cell in the
away. Vince dialed McKenna’s cell. There was no answer, but Chuck’s spyware also had GPS tracking ability. A simple punch of a button on Vince’s cell would reveal the exact location of McKenna’s phone, which 99.9 percent of the time meant the exact location of McKenna. It wasn’t something he did lightly, but this kind of sexting wasn’t just the high-tech version of the “truth or dare” games that kids used to play when Vince was in school. The on-screen coordinates told him that McKenna was at home. Vince dialed the landline for the Mays residence. No answer, which didn’t mean that McKenna
