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apologetic Luke knew he felt bad. Most of the Marine guards were good guys. Hector and some of the others even played basketball with Luke when they were off duty, but when they were on duty they never bent the rules. Camp David was officially a Navy facility, which was funny because the ocean was nowhere near them. Luke knew the Marines liked to be assigned there, so they weren’t going to do anything to get sent away.
    It was stupid they wouldn’t just let Theo in, though, as if he were going to blab some top-secret information. Luke wished he could show Theo the security ops down the hall, but he knew only his father could get Theo in there, and today his dad would be too busy. It was fullof computers and screens showing all the views of Camp David from the security cameras. Luke liked it because it looked like the inside of a bridge on a spaceship.
    â€œLet me see about Theo.” Adam pushed the intercom button and spoke into it. A few minutes later one of the agents on the presidential detail opened the door to let them all in. Everyone was staring at the television screen on the wall. Luke maneuvered around until he was close enough to see. A newscaster who’d interviewed his dad at the White House was on screen standing in front of a map of the United States.
    â€œA major earthquake hit Missouri a few minutes ago, at five forty-one a.m., central time. The damage reports are already coming in from all over the state. Buildings in St. Louis and other towns have collapsed and several fires have broken out. Here’s an eyewitness video just in from a resident of Burlington, Missouri.”
    The video showed piles of bricks and debris along a road, with parts of cars sticking up from beneath the rubble. The view jumped to a twisted sign that read, A NGIE’S C AFÉ . It took Luke a second to realize he was seeing a small-town main street. Police and ambulance sirens blared in thebackground, and a woman with blood pouring down the side of her face ran across the screen. She was screaming and crying at the same time. Luke turned away, feeling shaky.
    â€œWe’ll have to get back to the White House,” Luke’s dad said, and immediately people began to move about.
    Luke stepped up to him quickly. “Dad, can Theo and I stay here?” If his dad made them go with him, they’d just sit around in the residence quarters at the White House with nothing to do while his dad was in endless meetings.
    â€œWhat? Mark, I want to do a flyover as soon as possible, if it won’t disrupt rescue efforts.”
    â€œCan Theo and I stay here?” Luke tried to get his father’s attention again. “When you and Mom are on trips I stay at the White House without you, so can we stay here?”
    Pierce Brockett’s chief of staff came over. “Mr. President, the governor of Missouri is calling.”
    Luke’s dad took the phone. “Fine, Luke, you can stay as long as George and Sal okay it. Get Adam to clear it.” Luke’s hopes sank. George Michelson was the head of the whole White House Secret Service detail, and Salvatorio Rossi was in charge of Luke’s detail. Both of them saidno to most things Luke wanted to do.
    If anyone could convince them, though, it would be Adam. Surely Adam would much rather stay at Camp David than go back to the White House. If they went back, Adam would just have to stand around inside too. When they were at Camp David and Adam was on duty, Luke could tinker around in the grounds maintenance garage, where the tools and trucks and golf carts and lawn mowers were kept. Adam wasn’t allowed to help Luke take apart or put together anything, because agents were supposed to keep their hands free, but he could offer advice and explain things, and Luke could get as dirty and greasy as he wanted. Some days Luke even got to drive the golf carts. Luke hoped Theo would like working in the garage too. He worried it wouldn’t seem so great