In a situation like this, there was always a chance that someone could’ve seen through the ruse and alerted the Feds. We both knew that Alex could be heading into a trap. From the moment he walked in, he’d have to be scoping out the place for people who could be plainclothes cops. But he couldn’t be looking up and down every man and every woman who seemed to be just passing the time; that would be too suspicious. He had to scan.