FULL CIRCLE
Chapter 4
Miles headed for the parking garage carrying his laptop and reports. He'd managed to get out of the building without talking to anybody and that suited him fine. Being the youngest and newest member of the team,. he sometimes felt that he was still being evaluated. And he had the feeling that this case was going to be one of those times.
"Good going, McCabe," he told himself sourly. "Let everybody know how much you don't want to do this." Starting his car, he pulled out of the garage to head for his apartment
The traffic was heavy due to an accident so he impatiently crawled along hoping that things would speed up soon. He needed to get home to grab his bag and what ever else he needed and get to the airport in time. If he was late, he'd be taking a later flight which wouldn't exactly look very good.
As soon as he got to his apartment, he barely had time to check his mail and grab what he needed before heading for the airport, There he arrived with only minutes to spare.
The rest of the team was already on board when Miles arrived. He was slightly out of breath, having had to run to make the flight on time. After securing his carryon and laptop, he dropped into an empty seat beside Natalie. Sighing, he rubbed his temple as if trying to massage away the beginning of what could easily turn into a nagging headache.
Natalie looked over at him and quietly asked, "Are you all right?"
"I'm okay. I just got stuck in traffic and had to rush a little to get here. As you can see, I nearly missed the flight", he replied, waving off her concern.
She seemed to accept his answer for she merely nodded and settled back to look at a magazine.
Miles fastened his seatbelt and waited for the plane to take off. As soon as the flight leveled off, he planned to take out his laptop and go over the information so he'd be prepared for when they hit san Francisco. Hopefully, the flight would be an uneventful one so he could spend the time studying.