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“Riley Weaver NIC Wanted a chat Had so theories”
“Can I hear them?”
“Let’s head on to the park”
Chapear and they drove off On the way down to M Street Stone explained to her what Weaver had to say
“Pretty good stuff, actually,” she said “Weaver seems to be on top of this”
“If he can narroho the target was it’ll be even better”
“Shouldn’t be too difficult How many events are there at Lafayette Park?”
“More than you overnroups can apply to be there For a special event or to protest It can be quite a lengthy list”
“Still, we should be able to narrow it down And at least the threat has been removed”
“No it hasn’t”
“What do you mean?”
“Because we don’t really knohat the threat is yet We have to assu the boet has to justify that level of effort They won’t leave it like this”
They arrived near the area, and after passing through various security checkpoints, they walked onto the grass of Lafayette Park Stone looked around It was still early and there were few folks about, all of them authorized, of course The park and vicinity were still shu
t down to the public
Stone sat on a bench and finished his coffee while Chapman hovered in front of him “Is it true you used to sort of live in the park?” she asked
“Yes”
“Why?”
“Why not?”
“Okay, this is going nowhere”
“I was protesting You’re allowed to do that in this country”
“What were you protesting about?”
“Everything, pretty much”
“What, taxes and stuff?”
“No, I never h money to pay taxes”
“So what, then?”
Stone stared over at the White House “Just things that I thought weren’t right”
“Are they right now?”
“I doubt it”
“But you stopped protesting?”
“Just because I’er at the park full-ti”
“Do you trust Weaver? Fro his heart out to you Seeitimately concerned”
“He was legiti to perpetrate another 9/11 on his watch I’ And I’ so while leaving the rest of us in the dark if he can”
“No honor a thieves or spies?”
“I see that as a case of splitting hairs, actually”
Chapman threw her empty coffee cup away in a trash can and sat down next to hi on the FBI’s follow-up on the trail of the tree and who had the opportunity to put a boht’ve been the real target at the park Doesn’t leave a lot for us to do”
“Why inside a basketball?” asked Stone suddenly
“What?”
“If the bomb is inside the root ball why bother to put it in a basketball? It would take up ht’ve raised suspicions So why not just wedge the bomb in the root ball”
“I actually think I have the answer to that Moisture”
He looked at her “Go on”