Purely by Accident by Jim Beegle

Author:Jim Beegle [Beegle, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

No one moved. Amy sat as if glued to the chair. Hamilton looked as if he were watching a car crash; while his mind was telling him to move, his body would not respond. Mark continued to lean on the table resting his weight on his arms. The silence in the room was so profound that he could hear all the appliances in the kitchen humming. Then, as if given a signal from an off-camera director, both Amy and Hamilton started talking at once.

“Cecil stole all that money and gave it to you?” Amy asked still in shock.

“What do you mean give it all back? All thirty million?” Hamilton asked. The vastness of the sum was beginning to set in. Mark continued to ignore Amy and kept his gaze on Hamilton.

“All of it, the principal and the interest, everything.” Mark answered. Finally, he moved back off the table and into a sitting position. Hamilton also sat farther back in his chair and looked at Mark for a long time. The two men stayed locked in a gaze for a good sixty seconds.

“Why choose us?” Hamilton asked, motioning to Amy.

“As to why I picked you,” Mark said, ‘that’s not hard to figure out. You came from Southwest Bank; you know the story behind the theft. IBC now owns Southwest. I suppose, in a roundabout way, the money actually belongs to IBC.” He paused to catch his breath. “As to why Amy,” he continued shifting his gaze, “ she is after all my wife and conveniently an employee of IBC as well. Why? Is there some specific department I need to contact for giving back stolen money?”

Hamilton smiled at this. “Not that I know of.” He sat silently for a long moment after making his reply.

“Where is it?” Hamilton finally asked, a considering look on his face. It was truly a calm, thoughtful look and that surprised Mark. The question, however, was not a surprise. It had been expected. Mark did not have to ask him what he meant. They both knew Hamilton was referring to the money.

“Scattered all over the globe.” Mark replied

“Where exactly, is it scattered?” Hamilton asked.

Mark shook his head at the question. “Not so fast. We have to discuss my terms first.” Amy, who had been trying to recover her composure, came fully around when she heard Mark’s last statement. She looked at him with hard, flaming eyes. He knew what she was thinking and moved to cut her off before she could speak. “You can assume that it is all in places where security over the accounts is more than adequate and people asking questions get fewer answers than people with account numbers.” Hamilton considered this while he formed his next question.

“You know I’ll need some proof,” Hamilton said in his best banker’s voice.

“David Albert Cameron, born July 15, 1947. Served in the United Army from March 1969 through March of 1979. Employed at Southwest Bank of Houston from June 1979 through September 1983. On September

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