The Divine Appointment by Jerome Teel

Author:Jerome Teel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2007-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

The Fletcher residence, Washington DC

The white envelope had been perched on the kitchen counter in Holland’s apartment ever since the Fourth of July. He had walked by it often and had even picked it up and looked at it on three separate occasions. But he had always tossed it back down. He just couldn’t bring himself to open it.

He’d thought about the possibility of running it through the shredder and forgetting about it. And when she called again, he would tell her that he was through. Finished. She could take whatever information was in the envelope to someone else. He didn’t want it. He was convinced that he was a pawn in a game he knew he didn’t want to be in.

Or he could be brave and open it. But he didn’t feel very brave. In fact, he still felt very scared. He didn’t like having a pistol—he was convinced it was a pistol—stuck in his back. Maybe bravery wasn’t the right motivation.

Holland had had that conversation with himself many times over the past several days. But he decided that today, Saturday, was the day he had to either fish or cut bait. No more talking with himself about it. Either open it or shred it. He finally decided that if he was going to be a reporter—an investigative reporter—he had no choice but to open it. He owed it to his employer, the public, and to himself to find out what was inside the mysterious envelope.

So without any ceremony he slid his finger under the flap and ripped the top out of the envelope. He removed five sheets of paper folded together and laid them on the coffee table.

Holland skimmed the first page, then the second, and so on. He digested only bits and pieces of information on any page. But it was enough. He realized that on the pages he held in his hands were the keys to deciphering the maze of limited partnerships and subchapter S corporations regarding the ownership of the town house where Tiffany Ramsey, and previously Jessica Caldwell, lived.

He retrieved his previous research from his bedroom and began comparing the public records with the information supplied by the woman with no name. After several minutes of drawing flow charts and comparing names, he came to a conclusion.

“Senator Proctor,” he mumbled to himself. “What have you gotten yourself into?”

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