Who is the Mastermind?

Jared sat back, his plush office chair reclining until it threatened to over balance and tip him onto the floor. His fingers steepled together, he pushed their tips against each other in a quiet rhythm matching each point of the arguments for and against three possibilities.

The evidence was too spotty. No smoking gun.

Whoever was running the con was in it for the long haul and had the patience of Job.

He wasn't quite that willing to wait for the outcome to pay off. Too many innocent hard working citizens were about to be bilked out of millions if he couldn't find the slippery devil behind it.

Pyramid schemes were a dime a dozen, and this one was insidious. Tugging on the heartstrings of parents everywhere, if it were a properly licensed insurance company it actually made sense.

But not a single legitimate piece of paperwork existed. Once he finally dug through the nested holding companies to find the Mastermind, there were three brothers at the head of it. Were they in it together, or was one using the others?

Using his old fashioned Rolodex, he flipped through the cards. Which one to chose? The triplets were famous. Well loved by the entire town. The fact that they were identical, played right into the Mastermind's abilities. Jared was sure he used his brother's identities as often as his own.

No help for it. He had to chose one and hope.

Picking up his cell phone, he dialed.

His proposal was a trap. No matter which brother took the bait, the Mastermind needed to reveal himself to stop his house of cards from tumbling.