The War Planners

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David Manning was kidnapped outside his Vienna, Virginia home on a Friday evening just after he drove home from work.

He had texted his wife to tell her that he was leaving, then he went to pick up their ritual Friday dinner. Pizza night had become a favorite end of week routine for his family. He turned on to I-66 heading west just as the glow of his cell phone lit up the inside of his car. He swiped across the screen to answer, and his wife Lindsay’s voice came over the car’s speakers.

“Hi honey.” she said.

“Hey Lins. How was your day?”

“Pretty good. But now your daughter has decided that the dog is a pony. She keeps chasing it around the house, and trying to ride it. Apparently she picked it up from a TV show.”

“Uh-oh. Maybe we should have gotten a bigger dog?” David smiled, picturing his mischievous daughter and the unfortunate Jack Russell terrier.

“I’m looking forward to date night on the couch tonight. I’ve got the movie all picked out. It’s a chick flick. You’ve been travelling too much. You owe me.”

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