The Bigot List: (A J.J. McCall Novel) by S.D. Skye

Author:S.D. Skye
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Frankie V Books
Published: 2013-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

If one wanted the dirt on a senior FBI executive, there was only one source—the secretary. They were all-knowing, like the maids in stars’ homes. Both Freeman’s and Cartwright’s secretaries entered the bathroom ahead of J.J. and she planned to strike up a casual conversation.

By the time she stepped into the ladies’ room, her targets were already deep in discussion from their stalls. But the chatter stopped when she swung the door opened. So, she pushed the door open once more as if she’d walked out, and then tiptoed past them into the last stall on the end. Sitting on the toilet, she pressed her feet against the door and waited for them to continue their conversation freely.

“So what are we doing for lunch today?” said Mrs. Whitehouse, Freeman’s secretary. Her voice was distinctively Southern and her dress Southern conservative. Every day a tight hair bun, knee-length skirt suits, and mother’s pearls. And she could talk a boundless hole in any head. “If it was up to me, I swear before Jesus I’d have a liquid lunch. I could use a couple of shots after the morning I’ve had.”

“Honey, you’re not alone,” said Sue Slater, who worked for Cartwright. She was the opposite of Ms. Whitehouse in all ways except Southern charm. “If I had my way I’d keep a bottle in my desk with all the mood swings I have to deal with on a daily basis. I swear that man must be bipolar.”

“Get outta here. Mr. Cartwright seems like such a nice guy and a considerate boss. I mean he did give you a gift certificate to the Outback last Christmas. All Mr. Freeman gave me was a word of thanks for all my hard work during the year. Cheap bastard.”

The stall doors swung open and shoe heels tapped toward the sink area. They raised their voices above the sound of streaming water.

“I’d gladly take a word of thanks if it meant I didn’t have to work with Dr. Jekyll. His mood goes up and down like the friggin’ Dow Jones average. One minute he’s as happy and jovial as he can be. The next minute he’s one Prozac short of the wacky ward.”

“Shut your mouth!”

“I swear. And did you hear about his psychotic meltdown yesterday? He freaked out something terrible when Freeman told him he had to take a polygraph exam,” Sue said. “We have to take one every five years for our reinvestigations, so I didn’t know what the stink was all about. Just unnecessary.”

“Unnecessary is right,” Delores said. “Why would he have a problem? He couldn’t be any more squeaky-clean if he tried.”

“Squeaky-clean? Please. That man has more skeletons in his closet than Arlington cemetery.” Sue lowered her voice to a whisper. “Rumor was a few years back he had a little sexual rendezvous with an employee in the garage.”

“And? If we fired every man in this building who’s had an affair, we’d be left with the chaplain and five high school interns.”

“Ain’t that the truth!” Sue said.

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