SEIZURE
Chapter One
6:30 P.M., Wednesday, February 20, 2002
One Year Later
It seemed to Daniel Lowell that the taxi had senselessly
pulled to a stop mid-block in the center of M Street in Georgetown,
Washington D.C., a busy four-lane thoroughfare. Daniel
had never liked riding in taxis. It seemed the height of ridiculousness
to trust one's life to a total stranger who more often
than not hailed from a distant Third World country and frequently
was more interested in talking on his cell phone than
paying attention to driving. Sitting in the middle of M Street
an the darkness with rush-hour traffic whizzing, by on both
sides and the driver carrying on emotionally in an unknown
language was a case in point. Daniel glanced over at
Stephanie. She appeared relaxed and smiled at him in the
half-light. She gripped his hand affectionately.
It was only by leaning forward that Daniel could see there
was a traffic light suspended from above to facilitate a rather
awkward mid-block left-hand turn. Glancing at the other side
of the street, he could see a driveway leading to a nondescript,
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