"The general feels he can also trust you," he says as his expression softens. "That is why I regret to inform you that he's in ICU at Walter Reed."
Cy gasps. "What?" she asks loudly.
"It's his heart. His pacemaker failed, but paramedics managed to restart it. Thankfully, they got to him in time."
"When?" Cy asks.
"At zero six hundred this morning, right in his office next door. He'd come in early for our briefing with Jacob Michaels and his team."
"You could have told me this hours ago! Why didn't you tell me? Will he be all right?" she stammers.
"He's recovering now, but they say they want to keep him in a controlled coma for a while longer to give his body more time to recover."
Cy slumps into the chair next to Allure, who puts a comforting arm around her shoulder and whispers into her ear, "Must be six feet away to have the channel to the heart implant. And even that would have to be perfectly timed.
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