Into the Whirlwind by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin [Martin, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Jonathan Hollander sat behind his impressive rosewood desk in the president’s office at Seattle State Bank. His computer was on, the screen filled with a list of the bank’s wealthiest clients. He needed money. These people had it. All he had to do was figure out a way to get it.

Hearing a light rap on the frosted glass door, he glanced up to see his secretary, Marliss Meyers, ease it open a crack and stick her head in.

“I’m sorry to bother you, Mr. Hollander, but there’s a gentleman out here—”

“Use the intercom, Ms. Meyers. I’ve told you that before.”

“But you said if it was important . . .” She was a pretty little redhead in her late twenties, not the brightest bulb on the string, but he’d always liked redheads. The girl was ambitious. He wondered what she’d do to get ahead.

“Fine, what is it?”

“There’s a gentleman to see you. His name is Thomas Calvin. He says he has an appointment, but I didn’t see it on your calendar. He was very insistent, but he seemed really nice. I think I must have made an error. Shall I show him in?”

A tremor of unease moved through him. He’d been expecting to hear from Moore. He had a strong suspicion Thomas Calvin was the same man who had called himself Moore only a few days ago.

“Yes, please show him in.”

Marliss motioned behind her. Thomas Calvin smiled his thanks at her as he entered the office, and the secretary closed the door.

The man’s pleasant smile faded. With his bald head and broad nose, he looked nothing at all like Thomas Moore, yet Jonathan had no doubt it was he.

“You shouldn’t have come here.” Jonathan rose from behind his wide desk. “We’re supposed to meet somewhere else, somewhere private. I can’t risk anyone connecting us.”

Thomas Moore/Calvin scoffed. “I don’t care in the least what you risk. Now sit down and pretend to do your job. That is what you mostly do so it shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

Jonathan’s mouth went tight. He sat back down in his chair. “What do you want?”

Thomas took a seat across from him. “It doesn’t matter what I want. What Mr. Gertsman wants is what matters, and that is a check in the amount of six million dollars.”

“Five million,” he corrected.

“Six with interest. Are you prepared to repay that amount?”

“You know I’m not.”

“Since my employer assumed as much, he has decided what he is willing to accept from you instead.”

A chill trickled down his spine. Otto Gertsman was renowned in the international banking community for his ruthlessness in business. Whatever Gertsman would demand in exchange for the original three million dollars Jonathan had borrowed to recoup his stock market losses would be worth more than twice that much.

“I’m listening,” Jonathan said.

“Your wife.”

The words hung in the air. “My wife? Megan and I are no longer married.”

“Well, then, trading her as payment for your debt shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

“Trading her? Otto Gertsman is willing to trade my ex-wife for three million dollars?”

“Six million.

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