Murder in the One Percent by Saralyn Richard

Author:Saralyn Richard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lives of the rich and famous, too many suspects, african american detectives, career making investigations, naturally occurring poisons, politicians murdered, wealthy playboys
Publisher: Black Opal Books

Chapter 31

Marshall Winthrop slumped in the buttery leather executive chair in his newly redecorated office at Thirty-Three Liberty Street in New York. He had a splitting migraine and had already taken 100 milligrams of Imitrex. He had skipped lunch, too nauseated to entertain the thought of food, and too preoccupied to converse with his colleagues from the Fed. Even watching the vivid tropical fish in his tank, normally so soothing, today made him want to smash the glass. If I’m not careful, I’ll end up with a stroke over all of this. Wouldn’t that be ironic?

What was troubling him was Preston’s death. Well, not precisely his death. His death, after all, was something Marshall had often fantasized about over the years, to be honest. The Winthrop estate trust, thanks to Preston’s clever manipulation to become its trustee, had been written in such a way that upon Preston’s death, the assets would be distributed by the successor trustee, Metropolitan Bank and Trust, to the beneficiary, namely Marshall, free of trust. That meant, at long last, Marshall would gain control of several hundred million dollars, and Preston’s hands would no longer be in the pot, so to speak.

For the past forty years, Preston had been paid a handsome fee to manage the money, which was bad enough in and of itself. But there was more. Marshall had been gathering evidence for over a year now that proved Preston had systematically looted the trust. Properly invested for forty years, that money would have been well over a billion by now. He had been preparing to go to the authorities within the next few weeks. Knowing a scandal would ensue--after all, it was the former secretary of the treasury he would take down--Marshall had been focused, discreet, and organized. In the week before John E.’s party, Marshall had been suspicious that Preston knew what he was up to. He had worried about Preston’s ability to thwart his plans. Now there was no need for any of it. The money would shortly be all his. Instead of being overjoyed, Marshall was shaken. It was like climbing to the peak of a mountain, only to find that the air up there was noxious.

Preston’s death solved one problem for Marshall, true enough, but it created several others. Now he would have to decide whether to bring his suspicions to the successor trustee, Metropolitan Bank and Trust, so inquiries could be made into past accountings before distributing the assets. Would it be prudent to do so, now that Preston was dead? Marshall rubbed his painful right temple. Julia had heard from Caro that Preston had been poisoned. The fact that Marshall would benefit financially from Preston’s death would give the police reason to suspect him. It would only be a matter of time before they would be on his doorstep. And what am I going to do about that?

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