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Ke
When President Hayes decided not to seek reelection, Ke
For example, Ross was habitually late for every meeting. Ke
Ke
A pair of bluish white xenon headlights appeared at the far end of the block. A few seconds later a silver Audi came to an abrupt halt at the curb. Ke
Ke
“I’m not sure. I’ll know more in a minute.” He stepped into the foyer and kept tapping the keys of a very small laptop.
Rapp closed the door and kissed Ke
“Yes. He has school in the morning.”
Rapp took off his coat and handed it to Ke
“Would anyone like coffee?” Ke
“Please.” Rapp backed up against the black soapstone counter and placed his hands on the edge. He looked at Dumond, who hadn’t answered Ke
Dumond tore his eyes away from the small screen and said, “Huh?”
“Coffee?”
“Sure.”
“How about ‘please’?” Rapp prodded.
“Please,” Dumond said without taking his eyes off the screen. “With cream and sugar.”
Ke
“So far,” Rapp said, “nothing concrete, but we have a few interesting tidbits. Back in early October, Garret flew to Switzerland for a day.”
“Another October surprise.” Ke
“All we have are the dates of his departure and return. We have no idea who he met with. He did call a bank in Geneva several times before and after the trip, but again we have no idea who he spoke with.”
“E-mails?” Ke
“We’re still trying to track all those down. The guy has at least six different addresses and he must receive and send easily a hundred a day.”
“What about Ross?”
“He was in Switzerland last weekend for an environmental summit.” Rapp held his white coffee cup by the handle. “Rivera got me the list of the people he met with while he was over there. We cross-referenced it against some of the other data and one name got kicked out: Joseph Speyer.”
“Should I know him?” Ke
“No, but he happens to be the president of the bank in Geneva that Garret called back in October.”
“What do we know about the bank?”
Rapp pointed at Dumond. “Marcus is working on that. Apparently it’s one of Geneva ’s oldest and most secretive institutions.”
“And by far the most difficult one to hack into,” Dumond added without looking up.
“Is that what you’re working on?” Ke
“No. Something else.” Dumond hadn’t touched his coffee. His two index fingers were busy tapping keys.
Ke
“Nothing yet. Hornig says she needs a little more time to soften him up.”
“When?” Ke
“She thought maybe she could start in the morning.” Rapp could sense her frustration. “I didn’t think we were operating under any time constraints.”
“In two days we’re going to have a new president and vice president who might be guilty of murder and treason and god knows what else. Based on how Ross has been acting, I don’t think he’s going to waste any time getting rid of me. We need to get to the bottom of this while we still have the power to.”
“Yes,” Dumond said triumphantly. He looked up smiling. “That little bastard took me longer than I expected.”