"Okay, Tony. I think if we get lucky we can explain this away. We can place the mistakes on the LAPD, Division will have no problem believing that. Plus, we can sweep a lot of this under the rug seen as you did get the man actually planning to do this. Seen as Jack got his secondary bomb, we can get him to admit it was his, no problem. I'm guessing it was anyway, so there will be no foul play there."
"What about Beanie and Jay? They are gonna go crazy when they find out I involved my own friends in a government matter," he whined, he was getting tired and anxious, he just wanted it to all go away now. He had done his job, why was it that that alone was never enough, he wondered?
"We leave them out of it. Just say they were potential informants who gave information but didn't need to be brought in. Maybe you cut a deal with them? I don't know, it doesn't matter. What's important here is that you stick to the bare facts. You got the bomber, but a secondary bomb had been put in place. Jack followed the lead on his own and dismantled the bomb. Remember, Jack still doesn't know about Beanie and Jay, he is thinking he worked this all up. He is gonna be p!ssed at you when you tell him. In fact, you shouldn't mention those two friends at all, as if Jack does too, there going to get suspicious."
When Tony didn't respond Brad looked up over the computer he was typing at. He was cutting and changing Tony's words, making the story plausible. It looked good so far, he wouldn't be surprised if he and Jack were credited for this job, if only they knew he thought, allowing himself to smirk at the thought. He stopped when he saw Tony who was still frustrated, concerned with both this and Jack, Brad guessed.
"Look Alemida, why don't we call it a day. I have all I need here. Once I round off the edges I'll e-mail you a copy. Familiarise yourself with it in case anyone from Division wants to interview you. I doubt it as I'm going to submit this as your debrief. Your going to have to make Jack understand though, otherwise your reports will conflict. I'll e-mail him a copy too, make sure he reads it when he's out of here."
"Thanks Brad," he muttered, feeling like a child, feeling sorry for himself despite the fact that Brad was bending over backwards to help him out. Just why am I so down, he wondered. It wasn't the debrief and it wasn't Jacks condition, it was how Jack would react to the news. He followed Brad out of the room and decided that he would go home and rest. He would call Chase and Kim first thing and give them an update. At least he had managed to keep them completely out of this mess, which was good. Maybe it would be easier if the three of them told Jack there set up, if Kim was involved he wouldn't be too angry, he could never get mad at her.
