Identity Zero novel · Chapter 32 of 32
Chapter 32: Roster
Jesse put his hand over the phone.
Gideon was awake, watching him from the pillow with snow light on his face.
"The eleven want Thanksgiving," Jesse said. "With us. Families too."
"Where?"
"Wherever we are."
Gideon thought about it for a long time.
Then the corner of his mouth went up, slow.
"Ask your superintendent what he's doing with the county's new property," he said.
The chain on the Blackwood gate was still there on Thanksgiving morning.
The squad boss cut it with the bolt cutters and handed the two halves to the rookie as a souvenir.
The black eagle was gone.
A deputy had unbolted it the week before and taken it home, and wouldn't say why.
The rain came down soft and steady, perfect for a burn.
The county was keeping the gym and the mess hall for a fire training center.
Everything else was theirs to take down.
The barracks. The admin building with the basement under it. The north wing behind the second fence.
Forty people stood on the wet parade ground in rain jackets.
The woman from Dayton, holding her husband's hand. The mother from Georgia, under a crew umbrella with her son.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of Identity Zero are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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