Midnight Sun (65 page)

He
raised
his
eyes
thoughtfully
and
looked
at
Lonnie.
“
Mrs.
Johnson,
I
think
you
know
one
of
my
guys
down
there
with
them.
Tony
Tomer.
He
just
got
transferred
here
from
Fairbanks.
”

“
Tomer
is
here?
”
Marcus
asked
.
“
In
Anchorage?
”

“
You
know
him
too?
”

“
Yeah,
we
’
ve
met.
”

“
A
couple
of
years
ago
,
Marcus
assisted
in
a
case
Tomer
was
on
,
”
Lonnie
said.

Caufield
scanned
his
mental
Rolodex,
his
eyebrows
arching
when
he
hit
the
right
memory.
“
The
North
Korean
bio-weapon
case.
I
remember
hearing
about
that
during
my
in
-
brief.
Tomer
was
the
agent
assigned
to
it
,
along
a
t
rooper
named
…
uh
…
Wyatt.
He
had
a
run
-
in
with
some
Navy
Seals
,
as
I
recall.
”

“
I’m
Wyatt,
”
Lonnie
said.
“
I
t's
my
maiden
name.
And
Marcus
was
leading
those
Seals.
”

“
I
see
.
”
Caufield
looked
at
Marcus.
“
Then
I
am
going
to
assume
you
are
the
one
who,
shall
we
say,
put
Tomer
in
his
place
in
that
cabin?
”

“
How
did
you
know
about
that?
”
Marcus
asked
.

“
One
of
the
other
agents
heard
the
story
from
a
t
rooper
who
had
been
there.
Tomer
was
never
anyone
’
s
favorite.
The
story
spread
pretty
rapidly
through
the
ranks.
It
made
it
all
the
way
to
Quantico
,
actually.
  Tony has a long list of people he's pissed off over the years.”

“
Did
he
calm
down
any?
”
Lonnie
asked
.

“
Not
really
.
”
A
sly
grin
creased
Caufield
’
s
expression
.
“
B
ut
he
is
more
selective
when
it
comes
to
commenting
on
women
’
s
figures
among
unknown
company.
”

“
Is
he
going
to
be
on
this
case
?
”
Lonnie
asked.

“
Yes,
afraid
so.
His
team
is
detailed
to
the
p
residential
party
already.
Can
’
t
take
them
off
because
of
a
personal
issue
.
”
Caufield
made
a
conciliatory
gesture.
“
It
should
be
fine
,
though.
He
knows
his
situation
in
the
social
strata
around
here
and
has
recently
shown
a
desire
to
make
friends
rather
than
act like an ass
.
”

Mike
leaned
forward
in
his
chair
.
“
So
what
do
we
do
next?
”

“
We
’
ve
got
Tomer
and
the
Secret
Service
in
that
tunnel
already,
”
Caufield
said
.
“
We
’
ve
also
got
a
couple
of
techs
who
can
check
deeper
if
there
is
something
amiss.
In
the
meantime
,
I
’
ll
put
a
tail
on
Farrah
and
see
where
it
leads.
”