Midnight Sun (112 page)

Authors: Basil Sands

BOOK: Midnight Sun

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“
The
p
resident
is
going
to
be
here
in
the
morning,
”
Caufield
said.
“
Tomer,
call
your
Secret
Service
girlfriend
and
suggest
they
cancel
the
trip.
”

“
Yes
,
sir,
”
Tomer
said
with
a
stutter,
his
face
reddening
as
the
other
agents
suppressed
snickers.
“
Sir,
Tonia
’
s
not
my
girlfriend.
”

“
Yeah
,
right.
Whatever
you
say
.
I
could
n’t
care
less
about
your
love
life.
Get
it
done.
”

Chapter
25

Secret
Service
Temporary
HQ

Captain
Cook
Hotel

11:30
a.m.

Tonia
Roberts
hung
up
the
call
to
her
field
headquarters
chief, pulled
Tomer's
contact
information
up
in
her
cell
phone
,
and
pressed
the
call
button.
He
answered
on
the
first
ring.

“
They
ain
’
t
doing
it,
”
she
said
with
a
matter
-
of
-
fact
grunt.

“
Why
not?
”
Tomer
asked
.
“
We
have
credible
evidence
that
this
guy
is
flippin
’
nuts
and
hell
-
bent
to
kill
someone.
”

“
It's
not
a
direct
statement
of
intent.
With
no
specific
threat
against
Eagle
One
,
they
won
’
t
call
it
off.
There
are t
oo
many
other
leaders
coming
in
for
them
to
shut
it
down.
”

“
From
what
Farris
and
Johnson
said
,
this
Kharzai
guy
is
some
kind
of
death
-
dealing
super
spy
or
something,
”
Tomer
said.
“He's like Darth Vader and Jet Li rolled into one. And we don't have a Luke Skywalker or a Jackie Chan to stop
him.
Hell,
from
the
sound
of
the
guy,
even
Chuck
Norris
might
get
his
ass
kicked,
if
that
were
possible.
”

“
We
better
find
some
way
to
get
him,
honey,
”
Roberts
said
,
“
because
they
ain
’
t
stopping
the
show.
”

“
Are
they
at
least
sending
extra
security?
”

“
Hell,
they
ain
’
t
even
going
to
tell
the
foreign
visitors.
They
don
’
t
want
to
scare
them.
They
’
ll
just
post
a
few
extra
snipers
and
maybe
put
a
couple
choppers
in
the
air
—otherwise,
ain
’
t
no
change
to
the
plans.
”