League of American Traitors by Matthew Landis

Author:Matthew Landis
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2017-07-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

The guy in the back who looks like an out-of-shape linebacker is Lacy’s dad,” Sheldon said.

“No wonder Colton’s terrified of him,” Jasper said.

Lacy leaned on their shoulders and peeked over. “He’s a total pushover.”

Jasper went to the next window to get a better look at the Directors parading toward the manor. The group was watching from the closed, north-wing dorms that overlooked the front entrance. Jasper could see his breath. “And the old lady he’s helping?”

“Mary Greenhow,” Lacy said. “Related to Rose Greenhow, the Confederate spy. The grandmother you always wanted.”

“So that’s two votes for us.” Jasper squinted at a couple around his parents’ age arguing pretty loudly. “Which one is Oswald?”

“Lady in the red coat,” Sheldon said. “And the guy who looks like he walked out of a copy of GQ is her ex-husband, Director Forrest.”

“A guy whose ancestor was a Confederate general turned KKK leader married the daughter of a Russian spy?” Jasper asked. “That has to be awkward.”

“Not a lot of gift exchanges happening at the holidays, I’m sure,” Sheldon said. “They divorced after their son died in a duel.”

Jasper spotted Cyrus in the rear chatting with a shorter, thin man in his fifties. He leaned on a cane. “And that’s Chairman Hickey.”

“He’s kind of a legend,” Lacy said. “Survived a three-shot duel against a Washington in the seventies. Took a bullet in the femur and ribs.”

“He might be the only League member hated more than you, bro,” Sheldon said. “His ancestor plotted to kidnap and assassinate Washington during the war.”

“People say the range targets at the Libertine schools have his face on them,” Lacy said.

Nora opened the door and Tucker came into the room carrying the final draft. They paged through it one last time, even though everybody knew it was too late to make changes. Lacy put the printouts in five folders and had a Donelson deliver them to the auditorium.

“Should’ve left in some of my thuses,” Sheldon said. “The power of a good thus cannot be overstated.”

The group skipped lunch and instead paced outside the auditorium door. Jasper reviewed Cyrus’s outline for the Virginia trip in case the Directors asked for a summary. Sheldon kept trying to fix his tie, but just kept making the mess worse. Tucker had gone with jeans and a blazer over a T-shirt that read DIE above a gigantic, twenty-sided die.

“It’s been three hours,” Jasper muttered.

“They are taking forever to read it; thus, they hate it,” Sheldon said.

Lacy smoothed a wrinkle from her black dress, and went back to pulling her curls out.

The door opened.

“They are ready for you,” Cyrus said.

The four tromped up the steps to stage left and sat on stools by the podium. Nora camped out by the door. The Directors sat at two tables below, hands folded on top of the report.

“Good morning, I am Director Greenhow.” The old lady examined them over her reading glasses. “Which of you is responsible for the annotated bibliography?”

Tucker raised his hand.

“Outstanding, young man,” she said. “Simply sublime.”

“If only the same were true for the rest of the paper,” said Director Forrest.

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