We've been breaking news for a full four and a half days, and the forces of order are probably getting antsy. On the next channel the SkyView Eye on Connecticut shows a lot of activity in the rear echelons. Stephanie and I are quiet about it, just watching. She throws the bolt on the Uzi. From the helicopter view someone who looks like Chick is squatting near a hydrant.
Guys fan out from dark-blue vans.
Then the coverage switches to something suspiciously bland, a little stretch around our front door. You can see in the blurry foreground our mailbox, all shot to pieces when she hamstrung the mailman. The next channel's showing only talking heads. Around us outside we can hear the thumping on the lawn of big, heavy guys trying to be catlike. The ground is covered with leaves, so the whole surprise thing is really out the window.