Chapter 3:
Bess told President Dalton and Russell Jackson what Juliet had said verbatim. When she was done President Dalton turned to Alex and asked, "Do you think she can be trusted?"
Alex replied as he shoved off the wall, "Honestly not a chance in hell."
Then he added belatedly, "Mr. President."
Dalton chuckled; he had always liked Alex. He liked the former Recon Marine's often brash attitude and he especially liked the way he operated and the fact that he got results. After several more minutes of conversation Dalton said, "We can pick this up in the morning. Both Bess and Alex thanked him as they left. Bess dropped Alex so he could get his car and then they were both were headed home for a good night's sleep.
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6 months later Henry was making waffles when Alex walked in. Henry asked him, "You want waffles?"
Alex replied as he pulled his hair back into a low ponytail, "Sure. Got any bacon?"
Henry chuckled; for he knew the younger man's downfall as he put it was bacon. He said as Stevie breezed in and grabbed a strip, "Right over there; help yourself."
Alex thanked him as he grabbed a piece then poured himself a cup of coffee. He took a sip and made a disgusted face as he dumped his cup of coffee as he snarked, "Clearly you forgot how to make decent coffee."
Henry chuckled as Bess came down andd walked into the kitchen as Alex was finishing making the coffee and said, "Hello."
Henry said as Bess walked over and kissed him, "Alex doesn't like my coffee."
The younger man scoffed, "He forgot how to make coffee."
Bess chuckled as she said, "Fix a to go cup because we need to get the White House."
Alex asked as he poured a to go cup full of very strong black coffee and took a bite of maple syrup drenched bacon and waffles, "What for?"
She locked eyes with Henry as she said, "Murphy Station has intel on Hizb al-Shahid."
Alex quickly finished the last bites of his breakfast as he grabbed his jacket from where he draped it over a chair and slid into it, "Let's get going."
They chuckled as they hurriedly kissed their kids and left."
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Once they were in her Suburban, she asked, "How are you and Isabelle?"
He chuckled as took a drink of his coffee, "We're good; We're going away this weekend."
Henry asked, "Where are you going?"
Alex replied, "She likes Milan; so, I'm taking her there."
Henry and Bess were thrilled; Bess said, "Does she know?"
Alex replied, "No I just told her to pack for fun in the sun."
Henry chuckled as they pulled up to the White house.
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When they were shown into the Situation Room, they saw that the members of Murphy Station were there. Alex greeted both Jane Fellows and Jose Campos. They both warmly greeted Alex. When they were finished President Dalton said, "I would like to add Alex to Murphy Station. Are there any objections?"
All three members of Murphy Station and the NSC all said they did not. President Dalton asked, "Are you all caught up?"
Alex replied, "Yes Sir I am. Jibral Disai's newest wife Hijriyyah told us he is in Islamabad and we are headed there to terminate him."
President Dalton said, "Good you will have an MQ-9 Reaper on station."
SECDEF Becker said, "It will be armed with 3 AGM-114P/P+ Hellfire II air to ground missiles 3 AGM-65 Maverick E2/L missiles and 1 500 lb (230 kg) GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs. The 500 lb (230 kg) GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)."
Alex asked, "Do we lase the target?"
National Security Advisor Ellen Hill said, "Yes."
Alex nodded as he said, "Will you please excuse me for a moment?"
President Dalton nodded. Alex thanked him as he stepped outside and called Isabelle. As soon as she picked up she said, "Hey you; I was just thinking about our trip this weekend."
He could hear the excitement in her voice and heaved a heavy sigh as he said, "Belle we're going to have to postpone out trip."
She asked, "Are you getting sent on an op?
He replied, "Yep I'll be out of pocket for a while."
She was curious what kind of op Elizabeth would send him on and vowed to find out. She said, "Be careful."
He replied, "I will and I'll call you before I leave."
And with that he terminated the connection and walked back into the Situation room.
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He walked in just as DCI Hugh Haymond said, "Thanks to the Secretary of State you four will be working out of the American Embassy in Islamabad; you'll have diplomatic cover in case you get caught."
Bess chimed in, "Please don't get caught."
They all chuckled as President Dalton said, "Wheels up in 90 minutes."
They all nodded as they rushed to make preparations.
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90 minutes later they were seated aboard a State Department Citation XLS+ as they strapped in Alex quickly called Isabelle and told her he was leaving. She told him to be careful he told her he would then they said their goodbyes. As he was stowing his phone the Cessna taxied then took to the sky.
Hope y'all like it; the x's are to break up the story so it don't run together
