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He felt his hand sweating on the weapon. He wondered if the wetness could ruin the firing mechanism.
His breaths cut like little knivesтАФ

тАЬJeff...тАЭ

He jumped, nearly pulled out his gun and fired.

тАЬPlease.тАЭ Laura put her hands on his arm. тАЬYou can't do this.тАЭ Her voice was desperate.

тАЬI have to,тАЭ Jeff said.

тАЬNo,тАЭ Laura pleaded. тАЬYou're not a murderer. You're better than that. Don't let, whatever it is we're in,
don't let it do that to you.тАЭ

тАЬYou're wrong,тАЭ Jeff insisted. тАЬI'm the one who's doing this thingтАФnothing's doing anything to me!тАЭ He
kept his eyes on Nixon and Manolo. They were up the steps now, inside the Memorial, under Lincoln's
shadow. He tried to move a little closerтАФ

Laura was blocking his way. тАЬYou can't just kill someoneтАФeven Nixon!тАЭ

тАЬNo? Would you stop me if I had a chance to kill Hitler as a child?тАЭ

тАЬI don't know,тАЭ Laura said in quavering voice. тАЬBut Nixon's no HitlerтАФтАЭ
тАЬFour students were shot dead at Kent State because of him!тАЭ Jeff said in a low growl. тАЬHe calls them
тАШbumsтАЩ. They're just kidsтАФthey take my classes, I rode down on the bus with them. That's good enough
reason for me.тАЭ And Jeff was close to tears too.

тАЬYou don't know that Agnew will be any better,тАЭ Laura said.

тАЬYou sound like ... ah, that's who told you about this. That's who told you I'd be here. What'd he do?
Phone you? George G. Landry?тАЭ

тАЬDoesn't matter,тАЭ Laura said. тАЬWhat matters is I'm not going to let you kill anybody.тАЭ

Jeff shook his head and looked at the Monument. A bunch of kids were in there with Nixon already...

I'm just rapping with my friends, Ron...

тАЬSo who says I'm going to kill the son of a bitch?тАЭ Jeff rasped. тАЬMaybe I'll just disable him so he'll have
to resign. Agnew supports the Mars proposalтАФhell, he's Chair of the Task Force that presented it.тАЭ

тАЬYou don't shoot well enough to know how to wound him,тАЭ Laura said. тАЬYou're liable to kill somebody
else. You don't know shit about guns.тАЭ

тАЬShe's right, Jeff,тАЭ another female voice said from behind him. тАЬDidn't you pay any attention at all in the
training we received? Guns are strictly a no-no.тАЭ

тАЬRena...тАЭ