Part 106 (2/2)
”Oh, no!” He turned to her in sincerity ”That bastard homosoto did Jesus, I can't believe it”
”What are you involved in? I thought you were a consultant”
”I was Tomorroill be a very rich retired consultant” He pulled her hands into his and spoke war on, much better But I promise you, I promise you, that homosoto is behind it, not me I couldn't ever kill anyone You need to believe that”
”Miles, I do, but you seem to knowTrust ht her close to him ”This will all work out for the best
I proazed directly into his eyes ”I have a lot invested in you, and this project More than you could ever know, and now that it is nearly over, I can put more time into you After all, you bear so attitude was a contradiction from his usual self centered pre-occupation
”Me?” She asked
”Who got laring at her
”I guess I did, but”
”I know, I' you for anything I didn't know he could resort to otten involved in the first place”
”Miles, I love you” That was the first tiain contact that she told him how she felt Now she had to decide if she would tell hinment, and that in all likelihood she had just lost her job, too ”I really do love you”
”The last Goddamned time this happened was in the 1950's when Puerto Rican revolutionaries started a shoot-eallery,” the President shouted
Phil Musgrave and Quinton Chaan minutes after he summoned them both to his office They were as frustrated and upset as he was, but it was their job to listen until the President had blown off enough steam
”I am well aware a democracy, a true democracy is subject to extre entirely out of hand What is it about this computer stuff that stirs up so much emotion?” He waited for an answer
”I'm not sure that computers are to blame, sir,” said Phil
”First of all, the assailant used a ceramic pistol No way for our security to detect it without a physical search and that wouldn't go over ith anyone” The brilliant Musgrave was ht of the live assassination attempt ”Second, at this point there is no con- nection between Troubleaux and his attacker We're not even 100 sure that Troubleaux was the target”
”That's a crock Phil,” asserted the President ”It doesn't take a genius to figure out that there is an obvious connection be- tween this computer crap and the Rickfield incident I want to knohat it is, and I want to know fast”
”Sir,” Cha, but until the perpetrator regains consciousness, which may be doubtful because his spine was snapped in the fall, on't know too much”
The President frowned ”Does it seem odd to you that Mason, the Tiot shot?”
”No sir, just a coincidence It seems that corave said ”I don't think he's involved at all”
”I' that,” the President interrupted ”But he does seem to be where the action is I think it would be prudent if we knew a bit more of his activities Do I need to say more?”
”No sir Consider it done”
Chapter 22
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