The Savior of Seattle by Nat Kozinn

Author:Nat Kozinn [Kozinn, Nat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-12T18:30:00+00:00

10

“They put their hands up and walked out of the building. The police were waiting outside to take them into custody. The entire gang was charged with…” Harry said and let out a massive yawn. He was reading from the latest issue of the Seattle Times.

Alexis and Harry were both leaning back in comfortable leather office chairs. They were sitting at a wooden desk that only had a few loose papers sitting on it, and Harry’s newly redesigned office had a door. Swanky.

“I know, Harry. I know. But what do you want me to say? It’s been four months. We’ve tapped the well. I managed to get two weeks out of his infrastructure projects. I think that’s pretty impressive,” Alexis said.

“You might have to wait on your Pulitzer. This issue sold four thousand less copies than last week. And that’s before they read this latest thriller. The air is starting to come out of the balloon. Time to fill our pockets as full as we can on the way down. That means it’s time for the twist. What the story is missing is a villain. Good news: you get to make even more friends in the government.”

“You’re just worried that Mr. Fox is going to start wondering how much your new office cost once he sees sales are down. I think you sank all four months into the desk,” Alexis said and knocked on the desk to show it was real wood.

“I was planning to blame it all on you fat cats out there in the bullpen with your fancy half-walls. In either case, it’s time.”

“I don’t know, Harry. The more I learn, the less I think it’s the government’s fault. Hell, they gave him two million dollars and he just let it get stolen by his scumbag cousin. He didn’t even try to get any of it back. I’ve been sitting on the interview because it makes him look like a yutz. If they had given him another check, he’d have lost that one, too. I checked in on some sources at Ultracorps, too. They probably did blacklist him or something like that. But that was twenty years ago. Whatever hurt feelings there were have long since healed over. My ‘friend’ told me they’d welcome him with open arms. It’d be a huge PR win for them. Hell, she was even fishing to see if I could set up a meeting.”

“Do I have to tell you how to do your job now? This was your plan all along. I read the notes from your interview about the cousin. Sure, you could make it sound like the Savior was an idiot. Or you could make it sound like he was an ambitious—if a little naive—young man who wanted nothing more than to help people and was taken advantage of by a degenerate drug addict. You tell them the story about how Ultracorps wouldn’t even offer him a job. Who cares if that isn’t true anymore. Should those bastards get a pass because time heals all wounds?”

“It doesn’t feel right,” Alexis said.

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