Distant Thunder by Stuart Woods

Author:Stuart Woods [Woods, Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2022-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

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To his mild astonishment, Vanessa was standing on the sidewalk with a pile of luggage when they pulled up. Fred made the bags go away, and she got in. “Whew!”

“I am impressed,” Stone said, “to learn that I know a woman who can leave on time.”

“May I know where we’re going, please?”

“You may not, until we arrive.”

“I hate not knowing,” she said plaintively.

“I know you do, but it’s absolute necessary for reasons of security.”

“Whose security? Yours or mine?”

“Ours. You will appreciate it later.”

Fred drove into the Strategic Services hangar at Teterboro and pulled up to the airstairs door of the Gulfstream 500. Faith and another woman in uniform were doing a thorough preflight inspection, and linemen were waiting to load luggage.

“Oh, it’s bigger than I thought,” Vanessa said.

“You’ll be comfortable, I promise,” Stone said, escorting her aboard and to a comfortable seat. A stewardess took their breakfast order and brought them mimosas and the New York Times.

Faith and her copilot boarded and entered the cockpit. Then the airplane began to be towed to the flight line. Outside, the tug disengaged, and the engines whined softly to life. Shortly, they were rolling again, taxiing to runway one. Without slowing, the Gulfstream turned onto the runway and full power was applied to the engines. Soon, the aircraft lifted off the runway and the landing gear were retracted with a soft thump.

“We are en route,” Stone said.

“To what airport?”

“To no known airport,” Stone replied, as breakfast arrived.

Vanessa looked out the window. “Is that Long Island out there?”

“Probably.”

“So we’re headed east?”

“Don’t count on it,” Stone replied.

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