She looked up, removed her reading glasses, and met his eyes directly and steadily.

“You need to go back into room four, Colonel,” Sarah said.

“Michael and I are putting the security perimeter in place,” Richard said.

“Your daughter couldn’t care less about your perimeter right now,” Sarah said.

“Three minutes ago she watched a military police cruiser pull up outside her window.”

“That was just an ordinary shift change at the main gate,” Richard said.

“She doesn’t know that,” Sarah said quietly.