Reading Summary 2

The Book Saint begins in a room where a man and woman is tied to a bed. the mans name is Carl but he isn't sure about anything else in is life. the woman(Kelly) notices that he is awake an she starts telling him what happened cause he doesn't remember. she tells him that they have been kidnapped along with their son and a man wants him to do something or they are going to kill her and his son. they are trying to think of a way to escape when a man(named dale) walks in and walks over to his wife and shoots her in the leg. Dale then starts to tell Carl what they want him to do. they said he has sixty mins to kill a man and his wife in a hotel about 3 miles south and if he fails they will kill his wife an son and activate a device they implanted in his head then the man opens a window so Carl could leave an so he did. it took him about 15mins to get to the hotel. he then had to think of a plan to get into the room that the man and his wife are in. He decided that he would act like he just got out the shower an take the guards out by the door which he did then went into the room but the man and wife were expecting him. the man and wife(Joseph and Mary Fabin) started tellin him that his wife was safe and the people that were threatening him were lying. Carl knew he was running out of time so he shot Joseph and Mary in the chest and made his way back to the building with his wife. when he got back and climbed through the window the room was empty then the room started filling with a vapor and he passed out. He woke up to kelly saying his name. two other people were their named Laszlo Kalman and Agotha Balogh. They begin to tell him that he just completed a test and that no one was killed during the test. then kelly showed carl his quarters and told him who he was. From what she said he was Carl a trained assasin who works for the X-group. Then he entered his pit which is a place they control the tempature so that they can practice mind over matter.
The story then changes to the president of the United States. Robert Stenton is at Camp David with his spiritual advisor David Abraham and Secretary of State Calvin Bromley. They are meeting about a agreement that Iran wants to pass so that israel will have to lower its army size. david doesnt think its a good idea but bromley thinks it makes sense. The president asks to talk to David alone so the secretary leaves. after they talk more about the idea the presidents son Jamie asks to come in. jamie has downs syndrome slightly but he loves politics so his dad lets him sit in on some of his meetings. the president asked his son about irans idea and he said that he thinks iran is bad news and shouldnt be trusted.