Falling

Carmen hung up the phone call from Johnson

He sunk into the chair, and his fingers pinched his eyebrows as he looked into the dark and long night.

Just now, Johnson "convinced" the senate's speaker. The bill to amend the military service system could be drafted by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. The next step was voting, which shouldn't receive too much resistance.

As for Peter...

Carmen admitted that the idiot dying at this juncture was a heavy blow to his strategic deployment in Europe.

But if he could last till next month, there should be room to turn the table.

Opening the desk drawer, Carmen took out a box of pills, poured two out and stuffed them into his mouth. His tired nerves gradually relaxed.