Frame 232 by Wil Mara

Author:Wil Mara [Mara, Wil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian, Fiction, FICTION / Christian / Suspense, Suspense, FICTION / Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 9781414381763
Google: VcC5NAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1414359519
Publisher: Tyndale House Pub
Published: 2013-06-20T12:00:00+00:00

22

HAMMOND SAT on the edge of the hotel bed with his eyes locked on the television, where a female MSNBC newsreader was reporting the latest with a photo of him in the corner of the screen. Noah was talking at the same time through the speaker of Hammond’s phone. Sheila, in a chair by the table, was reading a text message on her own phone and looking particularly distressed.

“. . . Weldon of Reuters, the only journalist Jason Hammond will speak with, confirmed yesterday that the billionaire was, in fact, investigating the assassination of President John Kennedy based on new evidence he claims to have in his possession. Hammond admitted to Weldon that he was at the home of Professor Benjamin Burdick at the time of Burdick’s murder but said he had nothing to do with the shooting. In spite of this, he is still wanted by the authorities for questioning. Hammond stated that the killer was an unidentified assassin who also tried to kill him as well as a female friend whose involvement is still unclear. Based on an anonymous tip received by major news services earlier today, the woman is believed to be Michigan resident Sheila Marie Baker—” a second photo, a head shot of Sheila taken from her Facebook page, slid into the frame alongside Hammond’s—“who owns two gyms in her current hometown of Dearborn but spent her childhood in the Dallas suburb of Addison. . . .”

Sheila glanced briefly at the photo of herself, shook her head, then went back to the text messages. Hammond switched to CNN, where another newsreader was replaying the phoned-in report by David Weldon from the previous day.

“. . . said that he was following a lead stemming from a new piece of evidence, one that has never been seen before. And from it, he has learned of a new person who was likely involved in the assassination. During his investigation on these leads, he twice encountered an individual who not only tried to kill him and his female companion but also shot and killed Dr. Benjamin Burdick. Hammond said that this alone lends tremendous credence not only to the possibility that he may be getting closer to the heart of what really happened on that dark day in American history but that some of the people involved might still be alive and well—and quite worried.”

And on Fox News there was an unsteady helicopter view of the New Hampshire estate with the camera trained on the main house. As soon as Hammond saw it, he began to feel nauseous.

“. . . and neither Hammond nor his family’s longtime assistant, Noah Gwynn, has responded to repeated phone calls from Fox. We do know that Gwynn is here at the family compound, and it is believed Hammond and his sidekick, gym owner Sheila Baker, are still somewhere in the Dallas area. . . .”

Hammond switched back to CNN—more to remove the image of his home than anything else—and thumbed down the volume.

“I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to hold them off,” Noah said through the tiny speaker.

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