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Homeland’s director. Meanwhile, we need to find what Shaun had on Terran. This is getting more dire by the hour.”
    Zack nodded, then left the room.
    “You don’t think William would do anything this crazy, do you?” Charlotte stared at him, hoping he’d say no. Nothing could be more horrible than an attack on home soil. This was every American’s biggest fear since the Twin Towers went down—that anything even remotely close to that event would happen again.
    “I wish I knew, Charlotte. I don’t know what the man is capable of. Those shipments they’d been watching came from a Middle-Eastern country. Does that make this terrorist related? I can’t say.”
    She couldn’t believe this was happening. Her whole life had been tipped sideways. First she learns that her husband’s death was a homicide not an accident, now she finds out that the man who killed him might be involved in terrorism.
    “I can’t see William again, JT. I won’t be able to hide my hatred for him.”
    JT pulled her into his arms. “Then we’ll have to find proof before he gets back. That gives us two days.”
    Zack stepped back into the room. “We have the team on this. Dalton said he’d call Homeland Security and let them know what you found. What we need to do is find where he has this stuff hidden. If we can get to it before he does, we can stop anything he’s planning. Any ideas?”
    Charlotte looked at JT.
    He rubbed at the stubble on his jaw. “Gray Summit maybe.”
    “So we need to go out there and take a look around tonight,” Zack said.
    JT nodded. “But what are we going to do with Charlotte?”
    She thrust her hands on her hips. “I’m going with you, and that’s that.”

 
     
    CHAPTER NINE
     
     
    The last thing JT wanted to do was take Charlotte into a dangerous situation but she refused to take no for an answer. Besides, he didn’t want to leave her alone at the house.
    “Make a left up there,” JT told Zack, who was driving.
    “When we get to the site, I insist you stay in the truck, Charlotte. Understand?”
    “All right.” She looked none too pleased but he knew she’d listen to him.
    “Cut the headlights. We don’t want to go in announced.”
    At a slow creep, the truck moved ahead up the gravel drive.
    JT tried to recall where everything was at the site, since he’d only been to the place a couple of times. There was the new construction itself, then according to the building plans, what was already on the property when Terran purchased the land.
    At the gate, Zack pulled the truck off the road and into a gully slightly hidden by trees, just in case someone showed up unexpectedly.
    “No one should be able to see you here, Charlotte. Lock the doors as soon as we get out. If you hear any kind of trouble, get the hell out of here.”
    When he opened his door, he caught a glimpse of how pale she’d become. “We’ll be all right. Now, lock up.” JT watched the knob on his side go down then took off around the truck where Zack waited.
    “Any ideas where to start?” his friend asked as they headed over the fence into the site.
    “Follow me.” JT took off at a sprint across the field that led to the new construction. There was one outer building that could house bags. That was where they’d start.
    When he reached the plywood wall, JT stopped and waited for Zack to catch up, then signaled for them to work their way to the corner. Before taking a right around the building, JT scanned the perimeter, unsure if Terran had security on-site in the evenings or not.
    A beam of light caught his attention, and he tipped his head to Zack, who nodded. Both backed flush against the wall, hoping whoever was around wouldn’t spot them.
    When the illumination disappeared, JT turned to Zack, then signaled for them to go.
    The two shot out and dashed to the small shed-type building JT hoped housed the fertilizer.
    On the door, they found a large-sized padlock. “You think you can pick it?” JT asked Zack.