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Mahoney reads three reports. One says FBI agents are going rogue on investigations. Another says foreign embassies are recalling diplomats. The third reveals that the suicide bomber’s book club members have all vanished.

DC Mayor Crocker arrives and demands answers, which Mahoney gives freely. The mayor offers Mahoney whatever support he needs to stop the coming attack in her city.

A retiree recognizes Bree, who went into hiding at a friend’s home in a quiet, gated neighborhood. The woman who recognized Bree tells a friend, who tells her friends over lunch. A waiter named Hector Ramirez hears the story and calls a person who pays him for any information about Bree, Alex, or Sampson. Two hours later, a van drives by the house and the operative inside discusses taking a seven-year-old girl.

Sampson gets within range of the United States, and his phone reactivates. He reads a message from Bree about the general whom Sampson saw arguing with Deacon in Afghanistan two years prior. It is retired General Gerrold Mason, Deacon’s former husband and the VP of Global Security Services. Sampson feels betrayed by Deacon.