Veteran Secret Service agent and personal bodyguard to First Lady Sarah Ballentine, with whom he is having an affair. After his friend is murdered, he investigates an assassination plot, fails a polygraph due to the affair, and goes rogue to uncover a mole. He ultimately helps save the President in Toronto but is forced into early retirement due to the scandal.
Secret romantic affair between the agent and the First Lady.
Deep personal friendship that ends with Merriweather's death.
Past mentorship relationship that has soured over time.
Professional cooperation during the investigation and climax.
Both serve within the Secret Service protective detail.
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