26Pat grunted a negative. “I won’t poke a stick in this hornet’s nest unless I’m clear who’s backing me up. I don’t need names.”
I huffed. “If I’m working alone, you won’t take the job?”
“I didn’t say that. The chief variable is how I approach the problem. With more resources, I have more options.”
He was right. To buy thinking time, I muttered, “I get it.”
I hadn’t spoken to Frankie Obermeier. He also worked at the San Diego facility.
Frankie had once teamed up with Tom to help me out on a personal matter.
I was pretty sure we could count him in. So I did.
“Right now,” I began, “I have a couple of men inside Caprock. Both instructors at the San Diego facility. They funnel info to me.”
“You plan to leave them as moles?” Pat asked.
“As long as nobody suspects they’re my assets. If
