We need to find a replacement for Quane, he said. I think youll agree that he had certain singular qualities that will make replacing him rather difficult. I dont even care about winning anymore. I just want to know that Jessica Bradshaw is all right and I want to know that the person responsible is behind bars. The congresswoman and I have our disagreements but not about how our democratic election process should proceed. Thats why Ive been promoting the idea that our president should start using his office to promote fellowship, not the kind of ideas that divide this country. He knows where to find the answers to all our ills.’ One was good news, one bad. What? A mild form of hysteria? Her hand flew to her mouth.Oh my God, thats right. I heard his name on the news. Should I start looking for another job? My husband and I just bought a vacation property in Connecticut, and the mortgage payment is a real bitch. This is really bad, Dev. She really wants to resign. What other guy? said Shoemaker sharply. Oh, not bad, Dev. I just hope I dont fuck up. Im really nervous about this. He slipped past the other cubicles. Several heads lifted to glimpse him for a moment before falling back to their screens and the pursuit of vast wealth thereon. Mason nodded. Before going into the Airstream I took a paranoid look in all directions. There was a farmhouse but it was a good quarter mile away. There was a silo and another farmhouse in the opposite direction at about the same distance. Behind the Airstream was a line of pines and the sound of the river. Then I spent a few minutes studying the road. Devine was dropped off back at his home. He went to his room, looked up Emerson Campbell online, and saw the same stern face staring back at him. A Vietnam platoon leader involved in some of the most hellish battles of that long, ugly war, Campbell was the recipient of nearly every combat medal under the sun. He was also, like Devine, Ranger tabbed and Ranger scrolled. He had been engaged in pretty much every combat situation the United States had during the intervening years, including the First and Second Gulf Wars. Hed ended up a two-star commanding Fort Benning in Georgia, where Devine had earned his Ranger status, though their paths had not crossed there. Really, such as? She nodded. Cadiz studied them, nodded, and turned back toward the western sky for a moment. I think Poppy might be here. I hope so, Mason said, reaching for his hat. He motioned Sybil Harlan to precede him. Devine was out of patience.For Gods sake. Sara is dead! Just fucking tell me! While I was standing right in front of you and you were coming at me with fists raised?.