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"Senator, Mrs. Lee."

"Good morning. Lieutenant," Will said.

"The vice president and Mrs. Adams would be honored if you would join
them for breakfast at Camp David," the officer said.

Will and Kate looked at each other.

"We were just about to take off for Georgia," Will said.

"The vice president instructed me to insist," the Marine replied.

"We'll have you back here before noon, and our people will get you an
expedited clearance to Georgia."

"We'll need to change clothes," Will said. There was no telling who
might be there.

"That won't be necessary, sir; it will be just the two of you and Vice
President and Mrs. Adams."

Will looked at Kate and shrugged. She shrugged back. He locked up the
Mirage and followed the Marine back to the idling helicopter.

A moment later they had taken off and were headed northwest across the
Maryland landscape.

Kate leaned over and spoke into Will's ear.

"You have any idea what this is all about?"

Will shook his head.

"Not a clue," he said. As they approached Camp David, it began to snow,
and they could see nothing from the helicopter except whiteness. Kate
squeezed Wills hand.

"I don't like this," she said.

"How are they going to land?"

"Don't worry, they'll get us in safely."

He was right. At around five hundred feet they could see the interstate
highway, then a deep forest, and then the big chopper alit gently on the
pad. Will had been to Camp David only once before, in summer, and the
contrast was startling. The trees were bereft of leaves, and the summer
golf-cart transportation had been replaced by a Secret Service Ford
Expedition. It had not been snowing long, but already a broom machine