Fortune cookie wisdom. He chuckled while thinking back on Jack's words. If only he knew the truth. If only they all knew the truth. Why would anyone believe that a machine of supposed mass destruction would spit out a prize from a Chinese restaurant?

He laughed as he added more bath salts to the water.

The CIA had grown soft. They soaked up any information he gave them like sponges. What he didn't tell them made him laugh. Did they really think he had reformed?

They were fools.

Sloane sank down into the bubbles in the oversized tub and slept.

END