Chapter 218

“I’ll forward the pictures to your phones,” promised Stephanie. “Don’t let the Russian authorities see them or they’ll take away all of our phones. I’ve got to get a laundered version of this out to Facebook and Twitter, so friends and family know that Gwen, Steve, and Cheryl are doing okay.”

“Look at the third picture,” insisted Kate as she stared at her phone. “Look at the blood and all of the bodies. You can See Steve and Gwen kneeling by a bloody male. It must be Vlad! Cheryl couldn’t get close or even zoom much with her phone, but it shows the entire room and you can zoom your picture in a little and make out faces. Gwen’s in her underwear!”

“It looks like two of the bridesmaids are either badly wounded or dead,” observed Naomi. “I see two groomsmen down and quite a few waiters and waitresses, or terrorists as we now know them to be. I’ve got to pass this information on to my superiors right now!”

“I see Gwen’s dress in this picture!” gasped Paula. “One of the