3What's Going on in There, and What Can You Do About It?What You Need to Know About Your Mind-Body Operating System
Keep Breathing, It Just Might Save Your Life
Henry Lescault knew he should have listened to his intuition and passed on this last undercover assignment. But it was too late now. A drug dealer had just threatened to kill him and his family. Henry knew his best response was to keep breathing and keep talking.
Around four years into his law enforcement career, Henry had already put in his papers to leave his local Massachusetts police department to join the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Henry's specialty was undercover work, and he had a standing rule: Never do undercover work in the town he grew up in. The chances of his cover being blown were just too great. After he had given his notice to leave for the NCIS, though, his bosses pleaded with him to run one last case in his hometown. A drug-dealing ring was breaking into local pharmacies and selling the narcotics they stole to schoolkids. The higher-ups begged Henry to take the case. With the danger to the kids in mind, he reluctantly agreed.
The moment of truth came when Henry, who was not wearing a wire, was supposed to make a buy from a suspect in a park late one night. Henry ...
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