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Chapter 7
Yeo flew back to New York.
He called a meeting of the board members and the full management team. Chuck Maitland had delegated authority to the people he knew he could rely on.
Pulling a tight-knit organization together, sworn to silence, everyone acting like a CIA suddenly converted to gentleness and love for human kind, required a lot of discretion.
And even more trust.
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