The Highway Held a Second Fire

She was standing beside the highway, camera panning from the van to the gear cases. Her voice shook, but only slightly. “What we are looking at is not a routine closure,” she said. “Someone is using emergency systems to funnel people toward a fixed point. The White House needs to answer for this immediately.” She paused, receiving something in her ear. “The FBI is now involved.” Those four words hit like a match. The comments exploded. *That’s a cover-up.* *Call it what it is.* *This man was right.* *Where is the family?* Elias looked up just in time to see a news helicopter swing toward the bridge and capture the whole mess from above. He knew that from here on out, nobody could call it an accident anymore.