Cohort 1: Take the Money Trilogy, Book 2 by Joseph Flynn

Author:Joseph Flynn [Flynn, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: Stray Dog Press, Inc.
Published: 2020-11-03T22:00:00+00:00

Das Fürstenschloss, Liechtenstein

The whole of Cohort 1 met in the throne room. Major Kinney eschewed sitting on the ceremonial seat of power, especially since Robyn had mentioned that nobody had ever used it. The old-time prince, in a fit of royal pique, had refused to park his keister there. There had even been a rumor that anyone who dared to sit on the throne would be cursed for the rest of his life.

The major wasn’t superstitious, but he didn’t believe in taking unnecessary chances either.

Arrayed around the room, however, in an almost Arthurian fashion, was a gathering of American soldiers, the contemporary equivalent of knights. Everyone had dragged in a chair from the royal dining room.

Sergeant Charlie Hart had hauled in two chairs, one for himself and one for Robyn Bradley. When a woman enjoyed bathing with you, you treated her right. The two of them sat opposite the major, who had officers arrayed to his right and left. The enlisted men filled out the circle with Master Sergeant Russell Weaver sitting to Charlie’s immediate left.

Major Kinney leaned forward and said, “Sergeant Hart, would you like to inform the cohort of what you did and/or learned on your travels?”

Ninety degrees to Charlie’s right, Jameson cracked, “He was busy doing some banking.”

Neither Charlie nor Robyn looked at Jameson, but everyone else did.

Until they looked back at Charlie.

“Is that right, Sergeant?”

“It was one of the things I did, sir,” he replied with a straight face.

“You have a Swiss bank account, Sergeant?” the major asked, still thinking a joke might be at play here.

But Charlie said, “I do, sir.”

Now, Robyn was also looking on with interest.

The major said, “You’re kidding, right?”

“No, sir.”

“Can you tell us why you have a Swiss bank account?”

“Safety, sir.”

“Safety in what respect, Sergeant?”

“Well, sir, it wasn’t all that long ago that most of the banks in the U.S. went bust. That never happened in Switzerland. An American banker — at a trial where I was a witness as a police officer — testified in court that he kept all his personal money in a Swiss bank. That shocked the judge to the point where he asked the banker why he did that. The banker shrugged and said that President Roosevelt had saved the country, but he couldn’t live forever, could he?”

All of the officers present, and more than a few of the enlisted men, mulled over the notion of going bankrupt. What might happen to their savings back home after FDR died?

Charlie continued, “Sir, I figured if that banker was playing it safe with his dough, why should I do anything less?”

“You may have a good point there, Sergeant Hart,” the major said.

Jameson was so frustrated that he hadn’t been able to embarrass Charlie that he called out, “Ask him how much money he’s got in that bank.”

Charlie replied directly to his antagonist, “None of your fucking business.”

“That’ll be all, Sergeant Jameson,” Kinney said in his command voice. “I’ll be the one, the only one, to question Sergeant Hart. Is that clear?”

Jameson didn’t respond verbally, but he nodded.

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