L. E. Modesitt - Archform 01 by Archform Beauty

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Language: eng
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Published: 2012-01-09T09:25:42+00:00

“Mr. Martini,” I offered.

“Senator Cannon. What can I do for you?”

“Perhaps I can do something for you, Mr. Martini.” I smiled warmly, paternally. “You may know, or perhaps you don’t, that I was a great admirer of your father, and what he had managed to accomplish with MMSystems.”

“He did a great deal, but I have my doubts that admiration prompted your call.”

“Oh, but it does, Mr. Martini. It does. I was distressed at the reports about the dealings with the Martian Republic.” Another smile, this one understanding. “But even in the best of organizations, especially in transition, such things can occur. We all understand that.” I could tell he knew I was about to drop something on him, and that meant there was something to drop.

“As I recall, the Executory’s investigation cleared the company of any illegality.” Martini tried his own smile. It wasn’t bad. “But I do appreciate your concerns.”

“Part of that might well be attributed to, shall we say, good will? And to your father’s reputation. If anything else were to occur, not that I’m suggesting it will in any way, it might well be handled with…” I paused just briefly, “less delicacy.”

“Senator, I do appreciate your courtesy, but someone must have misinformed you, and I would hate to have you spend your valuable time in an election year with concerns over such misinformation.”

“Well… if that’s the case, I certainly won’t give it another thought.” I smiled again, this time falsely, falsely enough that he could see it. “And I wish you the very best in continuing the family traditions. I’m most sorry to have bothered you.”

“Senator, we all appreciate your concern for both NorAm and your constituents, and no one would ever consider a call from you a bother.”

“Thank you very much, Mr. Martini.” Still smiling, I broke the connection.

I couldn’t prove it in the conventional way, but Martini was up to something, and I had the feeling that Eric had been right and that Martini was selling. The odds were that, somehow, either Kemal, or someone like him, was doing the buying, because MMSystems’ capitalization was so large that it had to be someone who could marshal the credits without selling stock or other assets, and there were only a handful of people in NorAm who could do that. It wouldn’t hurt to check, if I could figure out a way that wouldn’t break the privacy restrictions.

Ted?

Yes, sir?

Have Alicia do some research. We need to know if anyone has been selling large positions in any equities over the past three months. Just have her run a search program on bloc equity volumes, say one percent or more of any major cap issues.

Yes, sir.

Either way, the results would tell me something.

I got up and straightened my coat. I was already late for the committee meeting, but Pagel would have linked if there had been a vote coming up. Later, I’d have to talk with Gilligan and Canthrop about the campaign. While they didn’t need to know the

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