The President’s Visit

Though she enjoyed having fun with different men, Mindy had always been careful, and nothing serious had ever happened. Except for that one time with that guy in the airport bar. A little carelessness led to her being impregnated, and now she had to suffer. Mindy glanced at the paper bag from the infirmary containing painkillers, syringes, needles, and cotton pads. She tossed away the painkillers and picked up the injection kit. She planned to extract the serum loaded with the new virus and inject it into Harriet, as soon as she found a chance to do it. With no antidote, Harriet would age rapidly and die of organ failure within a year. By then, Mindy would be long gone and no one could connect her to Harriet’s death. *** ‘Achoo!’ Harriet sneezed at her desk. Was someone bad-mouthing her? she wondered. Probably Mindy. A soldier knocked on her door and walked in briskly. ‘Lieutenant Colonel Daniels.’ ‘Yes?’ She turned her gaze from the documents to the soldier. ‘We’ve just received a cla