the Army, but I knew I would need to be part of covert ops to get real answers.” Josh looked down, taking it in, seeing David in a completely different light now. He had always thought of the station chief as this invincible super-soldier, had always assumed that was all David had ever been. The idea of him lying broken in a hospital bed for a year, of him being turned down as a field operative—twice—was slightly jarring. “What?” David said. “It’s nothing… I just… assumed you were a career operative. That you were with the agency on 9/11.” An amused smiled crossed David’s lips. “No, not even
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