When the butterfly's wings were flapping on the European continent, Pierre, the instigator, had already flown back to New York and immediately headed to Washington—he didn't even go home first.
The reason for such urgency was Truman's urgent telegram.
It wasn't because he had been promoted.
Roosevelt was still alive and well.
As Vice President, Truman would have to wait a while longer for any promotion. The real reason was a sentence in Truman's telegram—"Are you ready to go home?"
Go home!
What did "home" refer to in Truman's telegram?
Isn't it obvious? Of course, it was Borneo!
He could finally return to Borneo—how could he not be excited?
He had been waiting for this day for so long!
The President of the United States lives in the White House. For convenience in communication and state affairs, the Vice President, though not residing in the White House, has his office there as well—just a few rooms away from the President's Oval Office.
