Chapter 97

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The senior congressman knelt in front of the crucifix.  He had knelt for a long time.  The alarm had gone off at almost exactly 4:00 PM Pacific time.  The congressman was prepared for this day. He knew when he decided to lend his considerable support to the Church of the Seven Sisters there was a good chance they would melt down.  This was the problem with fanatics.  Oh, he believed in the same things they believed in, just not to the exclusion of reality.

He knew there would be two roads.  One would take him to the Presidency on the coat tails of the epidemic he helped control.  This road involved draconian solutions; camps, chemical castration, and public hangings of sellers of intravenous drugs.  Another road would have him threatening libel if any accusers said he knew what the Church of the Seven Sisters had planned to do.  He knelt and asked his Lord and savior for guidance. A third road seemed to appear in the distance.