Tell-el-Mukayyar – The PresidentA cheerful jingle started playing from Colonel Hudson’s shirt. Apologising to the other two with him in the laboratory tent, he took his mobile phone out of his pocket. He observed the screen a moment, trying to understand who was calling, but the caller was anonymous. He cleared his throat and answered with a clipped "Colonel Hudson, who’s speaking?"
"Good morning Colonel or perhaps I should say good evening. I am the President’s personal secretary. If it’s not inconvenient for you, he would like to talk to you."
“The President? But of course, miss, please put me through."
There was a brief pause during which the American national anthem played from the phone’s small speaker.
Obvious, the hold music couldn’t be anything but that, thought Jack as a littl
