Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson

Author:Dee Henderson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: FIC042000, United States—Federal Bureau of Investigation—Officials and employees—Fiction, FIC042060, Chicago (Ill.)—Fiction, FIC042040
ISBN: 9781441261175
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2012-10-18T21:27:45.757000+00:00

Ann leaned back in her chair, comfortably cradling a mug of hot chocolate while she talked with Paul via video. “Sure, my weekend is free, assuming no one calls.”

“I’ve talked to Neva, and she’s agreeable to a guest for a couple of days. I can be there Friday around six. We’ll go out somewhere for dinner.”

“I like the sound of that.”

Her phone rang. “Hold on, Paul.” She muted the video link and reached for her phone. It was a secure call. She punched in her code and answered. She’d been expecting it.

“Good evening, sir.”

She had known him for twelve years, considered him a friend, and no matter how many times he asked her to call him Jim, she still felt most comfortable with sir.

“I’ve been reading the third volume from beginning to end this week, and I’m pleased, Ann. The final year as vice president, the campaign for president, the defeat, and the years retired from public life—it’s all there with good balance and clarity. I know the hours you’ve spent asking questions in the margins, suggesting words, reordering passages, helping me find that clarity so the book will be readable to all who dip into its pages. Before the crowds begin to read it, I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to have your help on this whole project—the current volume along with the prior two. You’ve done a more than fine job. You’ve turned my attempts at writing this memoir into editions which will stand the critical test of time.”

“Thank you, sir. It’s been a pleasure to work with you on them. It’s a good legacy you’re leaving to your family, and to history.”

“How are you doing, Ann? Any second thoughts about chapter twenty-eight?”

“No, sir. It’s time. It will be good to have this behind us.”

She had known for years this day was coming. Get chapter twenty-eight expert-reviewed and vetted, get the third and final volume of his autobiography released, and then keep her head down as the press swarmed. She could think of better ways to end her year. But at least it would be over.

“I’m thinking about asking Paul Falcon to be the one to investigate and verify the chapter. I think it would be wise to make it a cop you already know, as you’ll be the one walking him through the material. And it needs to be federal, given the scope of the investigation to be done.”

She wasn’t sure what she wanted to say. Paul couldn’t investigate the chapter, stay impartial to even the appearance of a conflict of interest, and be dating her at the same time. At a minimum it would push off whatever might be between them until well after the book was released. But if the worst came to pass, she would want it to be Paul—would need it to be him—who investigated the chapter.

She took a deep breath. “He would be my choice, sir,” she replied, at peace with her answer.

“Open the door and show him the case.

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