The one thing he could tell about her badge was that it was the same as his: the rare “all pass.” It gave her permission to enter both wings and the Residence of the White House. They were very rare outside the Secret Service and meant she was probably very high-level staff. Even cabinet members had to have a Secret Service escort when moving beyond the West Wing.
It irked him to know that if he’d been assigned to internal security, he’d have known who she was a week sooner, but he’d been on overwatch rotation and not included in briefings about staff changes inside the building. Then he’d been dumped into route planning with Frank Adams or some other high-end agent constantly hovering beside him. He learned more about route planning this week than in the entire year prior. He’d torn apar
