Fifteen minutes after getting up from the breakfast table, they were in the car. Bernadette knew not to ask where they were going. He would tell her or not before they got wherever they were going. The road they were on led directly to a park along the Potomac River. The sign at the entrance said Great Falls Park. Peter parked and they got out.

Peter said, “Next Monday about 12:30 PM, a car will pull up over there by that big rock. Our car will be out of sight. One man will get out and walk to the center of this parking lot. Another man, the driver, will remain in the car. There may not be a driver, but one is allowed.

“I will talk with this man for no longer than 30 minutes, probably much less. If I raise my right hand over my head, kill the man with me and shoot at the man in the car. Kill him if you can but do not expose yourself. You will be up on that hillside at least two hours before the meeting time. We will have short-range open radio communications. Keep all messages short, with no names. I know you know all this but I like to cover everything.

“If anything happens to me – killed, hit hard, overpowered by men we missed – hide the rifle and make your escape on foot back to the hotel. There will be a package for you at the desk that will have enough money for you to fly back to Jacksonville and rent a car to go to Amelia Island. Use the car in the garage at my house to take Jack, Rip, and the Nguyens back up here. Use a different hotel.

“The package will have the address of my attorney, a friend of Terry’s, give him the note in the package. He will provide what money you need and give you some instructions about moving into the cabin in the Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains.

“You will see the place tomorrow. You can all wait there, out of sight. Never admit you were in the park. You were shopping when all this happened. You don’t know where I went. When we get back we will wander through the mall to help your story. That’s it.”

“My God, Peter! I’ve been around men planning operations for the last three years and I’ve never heard any briefing like that. You have had some serious training somewhere. Let’s leave it at that. I’m glad to be on your side. Now show me where I’ll be hiding.”