The Silver Bears by Paul E. Erdman

Author:Paul E. Erdman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: iBooks
Published: 2019-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

The man who stepped through the door at five on the dot was tall, darkly tanned, and dressed in sports clothes. The hand he extended to Luckman was big, and leathery.

“I’m Nick Topping. Mind if I take off my jacket?”

“No. Go right ahead. I’ll get a hanger from . . .”

“Don’t bother. I’ll just plunk it.”

“Would you like something to drink?”

“No. Not right now. Maybe later. But I will sit down.”

Luckman kept his jacket on. All bankers do.

“You know why I’m here?”

“No, not exactly. I received a call from our head office yesterday asking me to come down here to talk to you. That was all.”

“Good. Well, let’s start by me telling you who I am. I’m in charge of public relations for International Minerals Consultants of Panama.”

“I see.”

“Fine. Now we’re both interested in the same object here in Lugano.”

“We are?”

“Yes. The Bank of Sicily and America,”

“That I was not told.”

“I know. That’s why I’m telling you now.”

“Why are you interested?”

“Because of something that bank owns. Or may own. Or may own part of. It’s something you wouldn’t want to keep, if you buy that bank.”

“What is it?”

“We’ll come to that later.”

“Is it listed in that bank’s statement under ‘Participations’?”

“Sonny, you’re brighter than you look.”

“Do all those foreign loans tie in with the same thing?”

“They probably do.”

“That could add up to $25 million—a quarter of the bank’s assets.”

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