Midnight Sun (71 page)

“
You
look
like
you're
about
to
die
from
this
heat
down
here
too
,
Superman,
”
Tonia
said
.
“
I'm
with
Tony
—a
golf
cart
sounds
nice
about
now.
And
a
nice
cold
glass
of
iced
tea.
”

“
Yeah,
a
Long
Island
Iced
Tea,
”
Tomer
said
.

“
Oh
,
yeah,
”
Tonia
replied
with
a
wink
and
nudge
of
Tomer
’
s
arm.
“
You
think
like
me
,
Agent
Tomer.
”

“
Great
minds,
ya
know.
”
he
replied,
cheeks
blushing
at
her
physical
contact.

Warner
rolled
his
eyes.
Since
they
got
ten
into
the
tunnels
,
Tonia
and
Tomer
had
been
complaining
and
joking
around
with
each
other
non-stop.
Over
the
course
of
the
past
few
hours
,
their
behavior
had
shifted
from
borderline
flirtatious
to
full
eye
-
contact
and
playful
touching.
It
weirded
Warner
out.
What
either
of
them
saw
in
each
other
,
he
had
no
idea,
but
they
were
getting
along
just
fine
—which,
according
to
one
of
the
FBI
agents
he
had
met
earlier
that
morning
,
was
not
expected.
Tomer,
he
was
told,
rubbed
everyone
the
wrong
way.
Within
minutes
of
meeting
him
,
Warner
understood
what
the
other
agent
had
meant.
He
was
almost
instantly
irritated
by
the
man,
and
knew
this
was
going
to
be
a
seriously
long
day
with
him
in
the
tunnels.

Tomer
carried
himself
with
the
kind
of
air
one
usually
finds
among
stereotypical
bowling
-
alley
types,
the
kind
who wore their
league
shirt
like
it
was
formal
attire,
had
a
toothpick
sticking
out
of
their
mouth,
and
whose faces were stuck in
an
eternal
“
I
’
m
smarter
than
you
”
smirk
most
of
the
time.
H
e
came
into
the
FBI
office,
hair
slicked
back
and
held
in
place
by
too
much
gel
and
wearing
a
suit
that
was
probably
from
the
expensive
end
of
the
rack
at
JC
Penney.
It
would
have
looked
better
than
it
did
if
it
fit
him
properly.
Another
downgrade
in
Warner
’
s
eyes
was
Tomer
’
s
shiny
blue
polyester
shirt
,
puffed
up
as
it
lay
over
a
thick
bush
of
chest
hair.
A
bright
red
tie
stood
in
stark
contrast
to
the
shirt.
Not
exactly
standard
G-Man
attire.
He
looked
more
like
a
sleazy
strip
-
club
manager.
To
complete
the
effect
,
he
wore
a
big
gold
ring
with
a
square
of
black
onyx
inlaid
with
a
single
diamond
on
the
pinky
of
one
hand
and
a
Masonic
ring
on
the
ring
finger
of
the
other.
Black
knuckle
hairs
jutted
from
beneath
the
rings.