Murder in the CIA (38 page)
Authors: Margaret Truman
Cahill stared at him incredulously, then quickly went to a closet. She would not allow him to see that her eyes were moist. She waited until she was under control before pulling out a blue blazer and slipping it on over her white blouse. “Let’s go,” she said.
“Stan wants to talk to you before you leave,” said Breslin.
“I know. What is it, a debriefing?”
“Something like that. He’ll lay down the rules. He has to do that with anyone leaving. There are rules, you know, about disclosure, things like that.”
“I can live with rules.”
“What about your friend, the journalist?”
“Vern? Don’t worry, Joe, I won’t tell him what happened, what
really
happened.”
“The book he’s writing.”
“What about it?”
“You’ve seen it. Is it damaging?”
“Yes.”
“We’d like to know what’s in it.”
“Not from me.”
“Do him a favor, Collette, and get him to drop it.”
“That sounds like an order.”
“A strong request.”
“Denied.”
She started to open the door but he stopped her with
“Collette, you sure you want to make such a clean break? Hank Fox told you what your options were before you came here. The outfit takes good care of those who do special service, and do it well. You could have six months anywhere in the world with all expenses paid, a chance to get your head together and for enough time to pass so that it all doesn’t seem so terrible. Then a nice job back at Langley, more money, the works. People who …”
“People who carry out an assassination are taken care of. Joe, I didn’t assassinate Eric Edwards. He tried to rape me. I was like any other woman—except I had a plastic gun, a vial of lethal acid, and the blessing of my country’s leading intelligence agency. I killed him to save myself, no other reason.”
“What does it matter? The job got done.”
“I’m glad that makes everyone happy. No, Joe, I want ten thousand miles between me and the CIA. I know there are a lot of good people in it who really care about what happens to their country, and who try to do the right thing. The problem is, Joe, that not only are there lots of people who
aren’t
like that, but the definition of ‘right thing’ gets blurred all the time. Come on. Let me go and have the rules explained to me, and then let’s have dinner. I’m really going to miss Hungarian food.”
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MURDER.
MARGARET TRUMAN.
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MURDER IN THE CIA
MURDER AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
MURDER AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
MURDER AT THE PENTAGON
MURDER ON THE POTOMAC
MURDER AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY
MURDER IN THE HOUSE
MURDER AT THE WATERGATE
MURDER AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
MURDER IN FOGGY BOTTOM
MURDER IN HAVANA
MURDER AT FORD’S THEATRE
MURDER AT UNION STATION
MURDER AT THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE
MURDER AT THE OPERA
MURDER ON K STREET
Nonfiction:
FIRST LADIES
BESS W. TRUMAN
SOUVENIR
WOMEN OF COURAGE
HARRY S. TRUMAN
LETTERS FROM FATHER:
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WHERE THE BUCK STOPS
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