I loved this part also, this story is rapidly becoming one of my favorites.
Also nice to see our leaders being portrayed as reasonable and logical thinking individuals. Actually it might be more like this in RL as I often think most of the dumb ideas that get put out there come from their advisers and this President's advisers seem to be right in line with this thought.
Loved the last line...
The President nodded. “We can talk it over, sure. But if she wanted to attack me, do you think she’d have any trouble finding me?” The agent looked uncomfortable. “I want to understand what makes her tick. I want her to know she can trust us. And the best way to do that is face to face.” He smiled faintly. “Besides, I don’t want my kids to think I’m afraid of an eleven year old. It might give them ideas.”
Excellent analogy
Emily thought for a moment, then sighed. “Yes, I think so. Let’s just rip the band-aid off.” She looked to the detective. “We’ll go now.”
Mike
