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According
to
Tomer,
only
half
the
time,

Hilde
said
.

“What?” Marcus face displayed stark disbelief.

“Yeah,” Mike muttered, “It’s a wonder this president has lived this long with a security detail that thinks like his.”


Anything
else
new
about
Farrah
or
Kharzai?

Marcus
asked
.


The lovebirds
were
both
here
a few minutes ago
and
had
nothing
to
add.
Warner
is
roaming
around
,
looking
very
conspicuously
like
a
government
undercover
agent.
Other
than
that
,
two
hundred
National
Guard
soldiers,
a
hundred
police
officers
and
state
troopers,
and
a
few
dozen
other
S
ecret
S
ervice
and
FBI
personnel
are
watching
very
closely
for
our
men.


I
would
be
very
surprised
if
they
show
up
here,

Mike
said
.


I
don

t
know,

Marcus
replied.

They're
both
here
for
revenge.
They
may
want
to
be
o
n
the
front
row
when
it
happens.

“We’ll find out soon enough,” Mike pointed to the first groups of spectators entering the park grounds and heading toward the stage area.


The Secret Service has
screening
booths
set
up
on
the
streets,

Hilde
said
,

funneling
folks
in
through
a
limited
number
of
access
points.
They've
also
locked
the
entrances
to
the
underground
tunnels
and
we've
got
plenty
sets
of
eyes
that'll
be
mixed
in
with
the
crowd.
I
can't
imagine
them
getting
too
close
—especially
Kharzai
,
with
all
that
hair.


Let's
just
pray
you're
right,

Mike
said
.

A
voice
called
out
from
nearby
.

Hey!
Mojo
Johnson!

Marcus
turned
around,
eyes
scanning
the
slowly
increasing
stream
of
people
milling
about
the
park.
A
short
,
wiry
man
waved
his
arms
to
get
Marcus's
attention,
a wide smile on his face
as
he
approached.


Jim
Walters,

Marcus
said
,
his
expression
stretching
in
a
smile
as
memories
of
the
past
drifted
to
the
front
of
his
mind.

What
in
the
world
are
you
doing
here?


I
heard
you
were
in
town
and
figured
you'd
freakin'
need
someone
to
haul
your
ass
around
somewhere.

They
clasped
each
other
in
a
back
-
slapping
man-hug
,
both
talking
over
each
other
at
once.


It's
been
nearly
six
years
since
I
saw
you
in
Iraq,

Marcus
said
.

Good
to
see
you
made
it
out
of
there.


Yeah,
no
thanks
to
you
and
Wazzy,

Jim
replied
turning
to
Mike
and
Hilde.

Mojo
and
that
Seal
Wasner
put
me
in
spots
that
got
four
boats
shot
out
from
under
me.
Twice
I
found
myself
swimming
the
Euphrates
ducking
Republican
Guard
lead.
Good
thing
they
weren't
as
motivated
to
kill
me
as
I
was
to
stay
alive.

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