Jason Deas - Benny James 01 - Birdsongs by Jason Deas

Author:Jason Deas [Deas, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Thriller - P.I. - Georgia
ISBN: 1442194650
Publisher: 3 Day Ranch Press
Published: 2009-07-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 40

The home office of Baker Foods was in Atlanta, Georgia. The top three floors of the forty-story building rightly named the Baker Building housed the law offices which Robert Baker occupied. Robert “Bobby” Baker was a slick, near fifties Bill Clinton type. Everybody loved him, especially him. At a glance he was devilishly handsome, charismatic, and happy. As reality would have it, he was not as happy as he falsely put forth. The charisma he exhibited was a cover for his fear of slowing down. If you jump and scream and constantly move nobody can pin you down. And nobody did until Mr. Benny James came along.

Bobby Baker made a pocketful of friends in Washington D.C. and they turned him on to power. When Bobby felt it for the first time it tingled through his insides and his veins like a new drug. It gave him a sensation similar to being horny as hell. As events unfolded through his dealings with powerful individuals, his favorite clique decided he should run for the opening Senate seat in Georgia. They figured he was a shoo-in, being a Baker and all. Being named Baker in the south was like being named Kennedy in the north.

At his older brother’s request, Bobby took care of all claims that professed to have knowledge of the whereabouts of the Baker baby. He sent out the tests, reviewed the results, and wrote the letters stating there was no match. In some cases, he enlisted a detective by the name of Peter Banks. Peter was currently on Bobby’s secret payroll uncovering dirt on his opponents in the Senate race. When Peter arrived for a scheduled meeting with Bobby, the package being mailed to Benny was sitting on the edge of his desk ready. At the close of the meeting, Bobby asked Peter if he would drop the box in the mailroom on his way out. Peter picked up the box and the addressee’s name jumped out at him.

“I’m not being nosey and I wasn’t trying to read your package,” Peter began, “but do you know Benny James?”

“Benny who?” Bobby asked confused.

“Benny James. You’re sending him a package,” Peter said, playfully waving the box in front of him.

“No, do you?” Bobby said, piping with interest.

“Not personally but he’s kind of a legend in my field. Rumor has it he can solve any case.”

“He called the main office yesterday saying that he knows the whereabouts of the Baker baby,” Bobby said with his mind reeling.

“What?” Peter said stunned.

“You heard me,” Bobby said, sitting down as his head thumped. “So from what you’ve said, he sounds like a standup guy who wouldn’t just make up stories and try to shake some money out of us?”

“No,” Peter said, sitting back down again. “From what I’ve heard about him I don’t think he would.”

“Can you imagine what this would mean to my campaign if we found William James Baker?” he said, selfishly not thinking for a moment of what it would mean to his brother Jack and his wife to find their son after two and a half decades.

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