Chapter Fourteen
Wednesday, October 22
8:10 AM
Device Assembly Facility
Nevada Test Site
Craig dusted a comb through his chestnut hair as Paige pulled into the DAF parking lot beside other white government pickups. He straightened his tie, glanced at his watch. Time to look professional, he thought.
The prisonlike building was as long as a football field. Massive doors provided access in the front, and security personnel patrolled the surrounding area. Hot sunshine and dry heat reflected from the pavement.
Craig shrugged on his jacket and followed Paige through the security checkpoint. Once inside the building, a lanky man strode out to meet them. Dressed in a plaid shirt and wearing a narrow rawhide bolo tie, he looked like a scarecrow with thin arms sticking from his short sleeves
