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Francis got the alert while he was feeding. He hated having his meals disturbed. This person tasted very good. Reluctantly, he released his dinner to answer the message. He read the message twice, then verified with the sender. He sent a message to Nigel telling him to get the team prepped for a trip to Pittsburgh. Even though he wanted Nigel dead, he was irreplaceable. His skills at a site were a gift from the gods. He could see things that others ignored as unimportant or missed altogether. If he was going to find Tammy before the local team, he needed Nigel on this.
Francis quickly looked up the regional office information to see who was in charge. He was not happy to find it was a true born with a reputation as a hot shot and high aspirations. Anything Francis did, she would get credit for it. The only saving grace was that he had a few hours to form a plan.
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Nigel couldn’t prove it but he suspected Timothy had saved Francis. Luckily, Francis had seemed to have learned his lesson and had started treating him better. After placing the calls to assemble the team he called a friend of his from the IT department.