Just the one-even though he’d told Ms spencer it was a good idea to make more.
If, of course, he did tell her that.
So what’s next? Asked latto.
Well, we can’t talk to keiffenheim laboratories-not yet anyway, said Martinez.
I’m sure a lot of doctors help them with their work, possibly even a few doctors of Asian medicine.
And we don’t know for sure that molinaro has been doing anything wrong.
I’m sure, said latto quietly.
They sat for a moment or two, thnking about what they could do.
Then latto said, one thing we need to know is who molinaro talks to at keiffenheim and how high up the company this person is.
But we can’t just ring molinaro and ask him.
Martinez smiled.
Oh! I think we can, he said.
He took his phone out of one pocket and some papers out of the other.
He looked thought the papers.
I’ve got molinaro’s number somewhere here, he said.
He found the number. Latto listened to his end of the conversation.
Hi. This is Charles Denning from California Telecom, said Martinez, when the phone was answered.
I’m calling from keiffenheim laboratories in Salinas.
They’ve been having a lot of trouble with their phones and we’re trying to put them right.
People keep getting put thought to the wrong extension.
From the information I have here I see you’ve called them a few times in the last couple of weeks.
Could you tell me what extension you’ve been calling?...
Yes, California telecom… that’s right... and did you have any problems getting thought to the right extension?...sorry, what number was that again?...extension 342…OK…no, that’s fine… thank you very much, sir…you have a good day now.
Martinez finished the call.
He reached for the phone book and opened it.
He turned the pages, found what he wanted and got another number.
Extension 342… sorry, did you say metthew crocker’s secretary… OK, good…listen, my name’s carl Westlake.
I met matt last month and I’m just sending him a letter about some ideas we talked about.
Could you tell me what he does in company so I get it right when I write to him? … he is … OK, that’s great… thank very much … bye.
Martinez turned to latto with a smile on his face.
Metthew crocker, head of development, he said.
Martinez put his phone in his pocket.
Right, he said, we know who molinaro tklks to at keiffenheim, but we don’t know what they talk about.
And we don’t even know if keiffenheiem pays molinaro money.
We think we know-but we can’t be sure.
So where are we now?
We need a plan. I’ve got a plan, said latto.