Chapter 78“Santa Monica Water Treatment? Are you sure that was our guy’s assignment? I mean we’ve only just picked him up, so whomever is pulling the strings would have had to pull them pretty damned hard and fast.”
“We don’t know for certain, but a terrorist was sent to L.A., then a terrorist attack happened in L.A. Either this was his assignment or it’s one hell of a coincidence.”
Sheppard paced back and forth, doing an about-face every couple of steps and pinching the bridge of his nose between his eyes. “Why target Santa Monica Water Treatment, though?”
“That’s the first question I asked myself. There are plenty of targets of opportunity in this city, and that wasn’t even on our list. The only reason I can think of is that we’re dealing with a new breed of terrorists, ones who are s
