Chapters 21-22 Summary

Garret and Nance visit Arthur Higgins at his home. Arthur is paranoid, and maintains extremely heavy security. A former CIA operative, he uses multiple bodyguards, guard dogs, and a sensitive security system complete with motion sensors. When Nance is alone with Arthur, he tells Arthur that Warch knows that they blackmailed Congressman Moore. Arthur tells Nance to have Garret back off, and he will decide what to do to keep Warch in line if it looks like he will talk.

Nance also discusses his concerns about involving Garret in Arthur's other plan, the one that Nance has kept quiet so far. Arthur disagrees. Now in his seventies, Arthur used to run the "Dark Ops" branch of the CIA. He was in charge of the most dangerous missions the Agency was ever involved in. Rumor has it that Arthur was eventually forced...