The Kennedy Endeavor by Bob Mayer

Author:Bob Mayer [Mayer, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, War, History, Asia, China, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 1621251144
Amazon: B00GW9HV5U
Goodreads: 18714951
Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing
Published: 2013-11-14T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The Present

Politics were being played in the conference room of the Anderson House as various senior members of the Society of the Cincinnati maneuvered to gain possession of the diamond-encrusted medallion that Lucius had worn.

Turnbull cared nothing for the games being played down the hall. As soon as he’d left FBI headquarters he’d begun making phone calls, setting in motion the long tendrils of the Society of the Cincinnati.

There was no blood on Lucius’ desk. The Society was most efficient in cleaning things up, both literally and figuratively. The events at the Tomb of the Unknown were being swept away and shoved under the massive carpet of secrecy that blanketed Washington. The Surgeon no longer existed in any form.

Turnbull had no idea who would take Lucius’ place, but there wasn’t time to wait until the bigwigs in the conference room let loose their form of the fumata Bianca-white smoke-indicating a successor had been chosen.

The door to the office opened and one of the SOC’s field agents came in.

Turnbull didn’t waste time on a greeting or small talk. “Summarize the Sword of Damocles operation for me, Ramsay.”

Ramsay was the SOC’s New York field rep. His expertise was finance, his focus Wall Street. This op was outside his comfort zone, but Turnbull had been caught up in The Jefferson Allegiance issue and the Surgeon taking out the Philosophers. Ramsay had thick, white hair, a nose that would do a Roman Senator proud, and wore an expensive suit. All part of his cover as financial adviser to the Society of the Cincinnati. Except he actually was the adviser, his other duties to SOC being layered underneath his legitimate cover.

Ramsay was out of his element. While he might be able to command a boardroom on Wall Street, the chaos inside Anderson House was unsettling. But even more unsettling was that he rarely faced someone like Turnbull in New York.

“We had to react quickly,” Ramsay said, looking around for a chair. He headed toward one, but Turnbull stopped him in his tracks.

“I didn’t say ‘sit,’ I said ‘talk.’ And I said summarize, not explain.”

Ramsay faced the desk. “We intercepted a communication from Admiral Groves just prior to his, uh, expiration, to one of the Peacekeepers he’d been in contact with. We tracked the Peacekeeper to Kennedy Airport where he bought a ticket to Baghdad. One way. We alerted our man in Baghdad, Haney. He’s also the—“

“Expert on Ararat and Turkey and Iran and a slew of other potential issues,” Turnbull said. “I know that. And I’m in contact with Haney. What more have you uncovered?”

“Um, well, sir, we dug further into this Jonah fellow since we were able to finally get his real name when he was cleared through customs for his flight. Joseph Penkovsky.”

Turnbull put his hand to his forehead and winced. “You gotta be shitting me.”

“No, sir. His father was one Ivar Pensky, but that name was changed from Penkovksy when he immigrated to the United States in 1969. Joseph went back to the original family name of his grandfather when he was of age.

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