<strong>Dominic (Philadelphia)</strong><br/><br/>"Thank you, Leighton."  Dominic was not sure Leighton heard it.  Could someone be after Leighton too?  If that were the case, it would be not be long before they paid Dominic a visit.  At least it would shed more light on this mystery.<br/><br/>Dominic smiled to the stewardess as she passed him a discrete note.  He felt a little like he was back in grade school.  She was lovely and Dominic certainly was not one to resist.  Perhaps he could spend the night in Philly...<br/><br/>Eugene Fitzpatrick had good and bad news for Dominic.  The R&D department had made a breakthrough.  That was the good news.  The bad news was that it would take years to develop a practical delivery method.  Of course with three scientists all with the interpersonal skills of third graders, it took them 30 minutes of presentations to tell him that.  Dominic threatened to move funding to B group if they did not have something in six months.  It was a bluff.  Dominic had no intentions of kicking out three of the brightest minds in North America, but he did need results sooner than a year from now.  As it was, six months was probably too late.  What else could he do?<br/><br/>As Dominic crawled into another limo he dialed Thomas again.  He did not expect to reach him, but he had to try.  He told the driver to take him to the Four Seasons.  Dominic had done all he could for the day.  He was thankful to keep his feet on the ground for a few hours.  Even if it was 20 stories off the ground.<br/><br/>After he failed to reach Thomas, he took out the note the stewardess had given him.  She had left her name and number.  Dominic decided to give her a call.  He could fly up to Cambridge tomorrow.  He turned on the small satellite t.v. In the back and searched for news on the storm hitting the West Coast.