“It has two brass deadbolts and a heavy chain,” Nathaniel said.

At ten thirty that morning, five sets of commercial site blueprints lay unrolled across the long oak drafting table in the Whitmore Construction workshop in Strasburg.

Brenda Whitmore set heavy iron weights on the corners to keep the thick blue sheets flat against the wood.

The plans showed the interior layout for Project Four, with details of the two-inch steel stud framing and the fire-rated drywall specifications.

By Brenda’s right elbow lay twelve green certified mail slips, their adhesive backing peeled and ready for the post office counter.