He’s made some serious money, but the buyout isn’t ‘fuck you’ money for someone like him.”“Implying it is for me?” I grinned.“Two mill...ion would do it for you, because you could easily make $100,000 tax free a year if you invested properly. At that point, you could say ‘fuck you’ to anyone you wanted and be happy, even if you ignored Kara’s and Jessica’s incomes. His lifestyle is more like mine or Jeri’s, and the buyout is a bit less than your ‘fuck you’ amount.”“Now, the more difficult question. I think it started with an 'M' and was like two or three words... 'Mental... ' or something like that." Could it have been 'Metal Storm?'" Why yes, now that you mention it, I suppose it could. I remember thinking it was rather a pretentious name for a weapons company."Ramon was visibly excited now. "If it's what I think it is, the company name is a bit of an understatement! About three days before the sickness, a rumor was going around the Corps about a shipment of high tech weapons that was. Avan anaivaraiyum ooka aasai patukondu irunthaan aanal enaku intha vaaipu suresh illai endraa kidaithu irukaathu. Oru naal aunty ennaku messge seithaal naanum message seithen.Naanum nanbanum unathu veetirku varugirom endru sonnen, aunty vaarungal endru sonnal. Ennaku aachariyamaai irunthathu aunty engal iruvarudanum eppadi oopal endru aanal naan meendrum keten unaku naangal iruvar varuvathuku samathama endru keten. Aval neengal athanai per vanthaalum naan paarpen endru sonnal.Engaluku. .. I heard a noise, James, it sounded like gunshots!"Cassie gasps, her eyes wide and shimmering."Several Secret Service agents began firing at those who were affected before evacuating the President."Dorothy raises her shaking hands and clenches them into fists. "Oh God ... oh God NO!"James swallows. "M-Mrs. Kendall ... the door to the old playroom ... it's open ... it's..."His eyes suddenly slide towards Cassie. His eyes glaze over in a look of stark terror that sends ice down Cassie's spine..