Good morning, Lieutenant," Zach said, when he sat down in the chair facing his superior.
"Where's your partner?"
"McGee hasn't arrived yet."
"Okay, then you tell him I want to see him the minute he does." He leaned back in his chair and tapped the fingers of both hands together. "Okay, let me have the update."
Zach swallowed hard. He had enough experience with bosses to know where this conversation was going. "You already know the Thomas/Bingham connection," then, he filled him in on the background with cryptology. "McGee checked with the school where Jake Thomas attended -- no proof of birth."
Miller remained silent until Zach finished, tapped his fingers together again, and cleared his throat. "All right, Zach. Here's how this is going to play out. I don't know what you did in your
