Curtain's Fall by Katrina Morris

Author:Katrina Morris [Morris, Katrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Army, Bosnia, assassin, Chicago, CIA, Cold War, conspiracy, Europe, genocide, intelligence, Kosovo, media, miltary, Milosevic, NATO, Operation Horseshoe, political thriller, Racak, Serb, Russia, Soviets, war, Washington
Publisher: Katrina Morris
Published: 2015-08-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 60

Kate’s mind was spinning. She walked to the front of the restaurant where Luke was waiting for her. He watched her closely as she approached.

“Are you all right?” he asked. “You look as pale as a ghost.” She didn’t say anything.

“Let’s change clothes and get out of here,” he offered. They left the hotel in silence, heading out onto the street. Luke took her hand, an unspoken gesture of solidarity. She felt the strength of his grasp, the reassuring warmth of his fingers against hers.

“I know a good place to grab something to eat,” he suggested. “Let’s walk there, and then we can figure out what to do next.”

They crossed the River Isar. “We’re headed a few more blocks, to Viktualienmarkt,” he said. “On the edge of the farmer’s market is a quiet, dark little pub that serves excellent food.”

The walk to the restaurant was brief. They chose a booth near the windows that overlooked the market. Although it was getting dark, the market was still busy.

“It didn’t appear as if your conversation with Secretary Anderson went well,” he said. “It’s not your fault, Kate. Plans for this war have been underway for a while, and we were naïve to think that Secretary Anderson would put a stop to it all, just because a couple of intelligence analysts figured out that the Racak massacre was staged. We did the best we could.”

“I was foolish to think that we could change things,” she said.

The waitress brought their meals. Kate dug into her Swabian-style ravioli while Luke cut his weisswurst into manageable pieces. He frowned. “What happened between you and Secretary Anderson? She said something to you near the end of your conversation that seemed to unnerve you.”

“I took a gamble. I told her I knew she and General Willis were in Kosovo last week finalizing the details with Watson on Racak. I threatened to go to the media with the story if she didn’t put a stop to the war effort immediately.”

He said, “Let me guess: she didn’t own up to her involvement.”

“Not only that, but she said that if I did go to the media with the story, I’d be jeopardizing my mother’s career.”

Luke looked puzzled. “Your mother? I thought your mom died when you were little.”

“Secretary Anderson believes my mother is the one and only superspy Dr. Randall. But it can’t be true,” she said. “My mom’s death was a huge media event in Chicago. Obviously I don’t remember it, because I was only a baby, but my dad saved all of the newspaper clippings. When he thought I was old enough to understand the tragedy of how my mother was killed, he showed me all the information, everything he knew about her death. And since then I’ve spoken to people who remember the summer the murderer was on the loose, and they remember that my mother was one of the victims. What Secretary Anderson said is impossible.”

“How could Secretary Anderson even know Dr. Randall?” he asked.

“She said that she, Dr.

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