Chapter 55: Meeting With Dad, Part 1

Red and Trey untangled themselves reluctantly and joined Lizzy at a rickety kitchen table. They drank potent coffee to wake them up. But even awake, an emotional umbilical joined them. To Red's surprise their special bond didn't get in the way of their planning; instead it meant each of them needed to explain less. Lizzy just listened as she always did. She nodded a few times, and shook her head once.

Red checked in with the Chief and learned everyone had made it back safely. He'd kept the high alert since roving patrols moved through the tunnels looking for the slightest indication of use. As many people as possible were staying in alternate places up top to make the Underground a more difficult target. Security had found the mole - a computer tech whose mother had been placed in a Home. She'd been bought with the promise to move her mom to a better facility. New communication protocols had tripped her up. Now she sat in a secure room.