Midnight Sun (82 page)

“
That
would
obviously
be
his
cover,
”
Lonnie
said
wiping her lips with a napkin then dropping it
on
to
her
empty
plate,
“
but
how
would
he
use
that
for
an
assault
on
the
president?
”

“
Describe
again
what
Marcus
and
Mike
saw
at
the
port,
”
Warner
’s eyes blazed with intense concentration as if he were crunching data with a built-in in computer in his head
.

“
There
was
something
Marcus
said
.
”
Lonnie
picked
up
her
purse
and
rummaged
inside
it
.
“
L
et
me
give
him
a
call
and
have
him
tell
you
exactly.
”
She
slumped
in
exasperation
.
“
I
left
my
phone
in
the
hotel
room
.
I
’
m
going
to
run
up
to
get
it.
You
guys
keep
talking
—I’ll
be
back
in
a
couple
of
minutes.
”

“
I
’
ll
pay
for
your
lunch
,
Lonnie,
and
we
’
ll
meet
at
the
lobby
of
the
hotel,
”
Hilde
said. “A
bout
fifteen
minutes.
”

“
O
kay,
thanks
”
Lonnie
said. “S
ee
you
there
in
fifteen
minutes.
”
She
rushed
out
the
door
as
fast
as
her
pregnant
form
could
move.

Warner
leaned
in
to
the
table
.
“
We
inspected
a
pretty
long
segment
of
the
u
nderground
tunnels
around
the
park
strip
and
downtown.
I
didn
’
t
see
any
overt
signs
of
tampering
—just
normal
maintenance.
”

“
Of
course,
”
Tomer
said
,
“
if
this
guy
is
a
petroleum
engineer
,
he
would
know
how
to
hide
his
work.
”

“
Let
’
s
get
some
bomb
dogs
down
in
those
tunnels,
”
Tonia
said
.
“
That
seems
to
be
the
most
likely
place
to
try
something.
”

Tomer
nodded
.
“
It
’
d
have
to
be
a
pretty
big
bomb
to
blow
through
the
ground
and
still
have
enough
power
to
kill
the
president.
”

“
But
it’s
possible.
It
’
s
always
the
unknown
stuff
that
gets
you,
”
Warner
said
.
“
We
’
ll
have
snipers
on
the
roofs
all
around,
plainclothes
agents
mixed
into
the
crowd,
and
dogs
all
over
the
place.
It would
not
be
easy
to
get
any
kind
of
attac
k
by
on the surface
,
unless
they
plan
a
battalion-
strength
assault.
”

“
Other
scenarios
here
,
folks,
”
Tonia
said.
“
We
need
to
think
of
other
scenarios.
”

“
Here
is
not
the
place
to
get
into
details,
”
Tomer
said
.
“
Let
’
s
head
back
to
the
office.
”

“
Okay,
”
Hilde
said.
“
I
’
ll
go
get
Lonnie
and
meet
you
guys
at the FBI building
.
”

Hilde
paid
hers
and
Lonnie
’
s
bills
.
Tonia
paid
for
hers
and
Tomer
’
s.