IT WENT ON like that for another six paragraphs. Stone found a pair of scissors in his desk drawer and clipped both the Times op-ed piece and the Post editorial. He buzzed Joan.
“Yes, boss?”
“Didn’t somebody give me a nice leather scrapbook for Christmas a couple of years ago?”
“Yes, boss, I’ve been keeping it in the hope that you might do something that would engender some favorable press clippings.”
“Forget about that, but bring me the scrapbook, please.”
Joan hustled into his office and removed the album from its box.
Stone handed her the clippings. “You are now the official archivist for our secretary of state,” he said.
“Soon to be our next President?”
“You didn’t hear that from me,” Stone said. She took the clippings and the album and returned to her office.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Stuart Woods is the author of more than sixty-five novels. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico.
Parnell Hall is an actor, screenwriter, singer/songwriter, and the author of more than forty novels. He was awarded the Eye Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and has been a finalist for an Edgar, two Lefty, and three Shamus awards. Hall lives in New York City.
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