Spy Games by Abigail Graham

Author:Abigail Graham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-12-16T00:00:00+00:00

8.

Jacob sat in the back of the Lincoln. Jennifer huddled up next to him, leaning her head on his shoulder.

“Okay,” she sighed. “What was that about?”

“I honestly have no idea,” said Jacob. “I’m a little concerned about that. Something smells wrong.”

“What now?”

“Now?” said Jacob. “Now we get to the hotel.” He yawned. “I’m beat.”

Jennifer nodded. She was tired herself. Leaning on his shoulder, swaying with the car as Faisal pulled onto the interstate, sleep crept up on her, and before she knew it, she was drifting between wakefulness and sleep, jolted every time the car went over a bump or took a turn. It was a good three hour drive from Wilmington to the District of Columbia, even in the middle of the night. Jennifer woke up somewhere in Maryland and sat up, groggy and more tired than she was when she was awake. Jacob was still reading.

“Well?” she yawned.

He swallowed, hard. “Jennifer,” he said. “I’m not sure you want to see this.”

“What?”

She sat up. He rolled his shoulders, looked out the window, and passed her the folder. The document was turned back to the last page.

“What is this?”

“Articles of incorporation for the LLC that worked on the bridge. That page lists the members. The owners of the company.”

Jennifer read the list.

James Katzenberg, fifty percent.

Adam Katzenberg, thirty percent.

Elliot Katzenberg, ten percent.

Franklin Katzenberg, ten percent.

“W-what is this?” she squeaked. The papers were shaking so hard she couldn’t read them anymore.

“He’s listed as an owner,” Jacob said, his voice flat, even, too calm. “That doesn’t mean he was involved with it in any way.”

“Involved,” Jennifer said, calmly. “Are you… does this mean he owned part of the construction business?”

“On paper, yes. Like I said, he might not even have known.”

“Jacob, he signed it. I know this signature. This is his.”

She snapped the folder shut and shoved it back at him. He took it and slipped it in with the others.

“What else?”

“The main one is a holding company. All these others are owned by that one.”

“They can own each other?”

“Yes. It keeps different business lines distinct. Common practice.”

Jennifer heard him, but she was staring at her feet.

“Jennifer?”

She shook her head.

“He never told me about any kind of business deal with his father. I thought they disowned him.”

“I’m sorry,” he said. “We don’t know what this means.”

Jennifer turned away and curled up on the seat, pulling her knees to her chest. Her eyes burned, her throat went dry, and it felt like she’d swallowed her heart. She looked at her ring and wanted to rip it off her finger.

“There’s something we’re not seeing here,” said Jacob. “We don’t have the whole picture, only a small part of it.”

“You keep saying that. Every small part of the picture is worse. Is there anything in my life that isn’t…” she trailed off.

“What?”

“That’s it,” said Jennifer. “Elliot wasn’t looking for my shares in the stupid dairy company, he wanted Franklin’s files.”

“What files?”

“His stuff. I thought it was just schoolwork, you know? He had to write case file analyses and papers for his law classes.

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