“I know you’re disappointed, Mom.” Cecelia Manning filled two mugs of coffee and handed one to her daughter, Casey. She watched Casey add a scant teaspoon of sugar and a hefty dollop of milk. When the risk of milk ending up on her counter was minimized, she said, “My application was accepted.” “What?” Casey’s mouth dropped open in shock. “You can’t be serious.” “I am completely serious,” Cecelia replied. She decided hiding the pain her daughter’s reaction had caused was best for now. Neither her daughter nor her brother approved of her desire to go into fieldwork for the CIA, but Cecelia had had more than she could take of the boredom and routine of pushing paper around the agency office. Her husband had worked in the CIA for the entirety of their married life, until he’d passed away just over a year ago. Her brother was the director of an elite team of covert agents known only as “Specialists.”
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