Chapter 17“COLONEL,” ASKED FRITZ, “Should we let the Israeli soldiers go back now?”
“No. They'll stay with the settlers until they all go back together.”
“Then we're done with the first part?”
“Yes.”
“The president wants to come. He asked me to come and get him. Is that okay?”
The colonel inhaled, and then exhaled the sadness. “Yeah. Can you show me how it works?”
“Sure. Come with me.”
Fritz warned Tony that the president would be their next visitor. He went into the classroom, found the White House brochure, and placed a paperclip. The colonel watched as Fritz took the floor plan off the desk and replaced it with the brochure. “Colonel, there's some kind of connection between my desk and the doorknob. I place something here and go back out. If I get a shock when I reach for the doo
