Chapter Nineteen
Wednesday, October 22
4:18 PM
Device Assembly Facility
Nevada Test Site
When the van finally returned to the DAF in the late afternoon, Paige had to stop on the access road and wait for a heavy convoy to go first. Craig tapped his fingers on the armrest, adjusting his sunglasses, anxious to get back inside so he could start the nitty-gritty part of the murder investigation.
The guard’s M-16 looked big to Craig, but the Armored Personnel Carrier looked even bigger as it leveled its huge weapon at the van, much to the consternation of the Russian VIPs. Other guards held their weapons at port arms, protecting the convoy toiling from the airstrip out to the DAF. Craig realized that these vehicles must be carrying the nuclear weapons Waterloo had retrieved from Omega Moun
