“She’s in love with you.”
“Yeah,” McGarvey said.
Katy smiled and gave her husband a squeeze. “Can’t fault the girl’s taste,” she said. “What’s she going to do down there?”
“I don’t know. I’m out of the loop now. I’m retired, remember?”
Katy laughed. “Yeah, right,” she said. “Just give me long enough to finally get settled in our new house. Deal?”
“Deal,” McGarvey promised, and he kissed her.
If We had prescribed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth from your homes: they would not have done it except a few of them; yet if they had done what they are exhorted to do, it would surely have been better for them …. We would then bestow upon them a great reward from Ourselves …. Whoever so obeys Allah and the Messenger shall be among those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favors.
If they turn back [from Allah], seize them and kill them wherever you find them ….
My apologies to the men and women serving at U.S. Navy Base Guantanamo Bay, and especially Camp Delta — fact is, I made some deliberate errors in the layout of the facility, especially the security arrangements. I did not want to make this a blueprint for escape.