When Bannister left Global Waters, traffic was still sluggish. By the time he got back to the office, Stu and the rest of the task force had left. He called the Assistant United States Attorney on duty and read the letter to her. She authorized prosecution and gave him an okay for a trap and trace on the telephone number Global would put in its ad. After calling the Bureau’s operations center, he went to the breakroom where the vending machine still had one beef-and-cheese burrito. He heated it in the microwave and brewed a pot of coffee.
Just as Bannister finished writing up the interviews of Robin Mikkonen and Adam Kush, Ford Campbell stuck his head in the door.
“I guess we’re the only ones left. The film’s at the photo lab. The tech was still there doing a bank robbery photo spread. S
