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difficult, as was the separation from his daughter. There were also his recent injuries. His leg still throbbed if he overtaxed it, and his injured hand would stiffen and hurt for no reason. The adversary with the knife would have killed him if he could have, so, overall, he was lucky. “If you’re asking about my physical well-being, thank you. I’m fine.”
    â€œThat was one of my questions. This is the longest flight you’ve taken since you were hurt. You seem okay, but I wanted to ask.”
    â€œI’m good, thanks.”
    â€œAnd you?” Donovan returned the question. Michael, too, had suffered at the hands of the same attacker—only Michael had been shot.
    â€œI couldn’t be better.” Michael nodded as if to emphasize that this conversation wasn’t about him. “How are you doing otherwise? Susan will never let up on me until she knows how you’re getting along. Have you talked to Lauren lately?”
    â€œI talked to her this morning,” Donovan replied. Susan, Michael’s wife, worried about him and had since the day Donovan had met her. Michael and Susan, as well as their two boys, werehis closest friends, almost like family, and Donovan knew it was pointless to be evasive when it came to his relationship with Lauren. “I called to brief her on what was happening, but she was with a friend, so we didn’t really get a chance to talk.”
    â€œSo everything is still status quo?”
    Donovan nodded. “She doesn’t want to live with me or without me, or something to that effect. I’m pretty sure my phone call this morning informing her that Eco-Watch, and so by default, she and Abigail were under attack, didn’t sit all that well.”
    â€œDon’t worry about it, this is going to be a nonevent. Some whack jobs are trying to deflect their agenda onto us. I think you’re exactly right to react by arriving at the scene of the crime in Eco-Watch’s flagship. It’s the perfect response. We’re cooperating with the FBI and the Coast Guard. What better public relations move is there?”
    â€œUnless it’s exactly what these so-called whack jobs want, and one of us gets hurt.”
    â€œIf you think about it, who could possibly hate us? I mean, we save people and do scientific stuff—been doing it for years. We are without a doubt the good guys and since you brought up the possibility of great personal risk, I think this would be an excellent time for a raise, maybe some additional vacation days. The guys wearing the white hats who take big risks always deserve the best.”
    Despite his mood, Donovan managed a smile. Michael was never happy until he made someone laugh. It was one of the things about his friend that Donovan counted on the most. They’d been friends and colleagues for over ten years now. In fact, Michael had been the first employee of the then newly formed Eco-Watch. There was no one Donovan trusted more, in or out of the cockpit, than Michael. As much as he treasured their friendship, Donovan suspected that it would vanish in a storm of betrayal if Michael ever found out who Donovan had once been. Over the years, conversations about the late Robert Huntington and the billionaire’s involvement with Meredith Barnes had been the topic of discussion more than once. Michael held the view that most of the worldshared. Robert Huntington was most certainly the instrument in the death of the beloved Meredith Barnes. Meredith had been part environmental activist, part celebrity, and she was loved worldwide for her work on behalf of the planet. She took on global corporations as well as tyrannical governments and would take the fight anywhere. Her followers were in the millions; her book,
One Earth,
was still in print after twenty-five years, and her television series, as well as numerous award-winning documentaries, could still be found on television on any given night. In short,