The Scorpion Jar by Jason M. Hardy

Author:Jason M. Hardy [Hardy, Jason M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-04-12T23:04:30+00:00

Heather didn’t have to look for Duncan when she left Mandela’s office. He pounced when he saw her.

“We’re up to three bomb threats in the Hall of Government today,” he said. “Would you like to know who sent them?”

“No.”

“I should tell you a mysterious package was found on the eighth floor.”

“A bomb?”

“No. A misplaced data screen.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“To keep—”

“—me informed. Fine. How did your conversation with the receptionist go?”

Duncan’s eyes brightened. “Oh, right! Interesting!”

Heather fervently wished Duncan had learned something besides the woman’s phone number.

“It turns out she’s new here. She’d been working for a Senator for a while, but just got transferred out.”

“Okay.”

“She says she got transferred because she caught her boss sneaking a rendezvous with some guy from the diplomatic corps.”

“Sex?”

“Maybe. But something else, too,” Duncan said, attempting an air of careful sophistication. “Getting transferred doesn’t do anything, really, to keep her from talking. She’s free to spread rumors about them as much as she wants, like she did with me. But what she can’t do anymore is watch them. If they’re up to something else, she’s not in position anymore to find out what it is.”

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