zachary had attempted to set up an appointment with charless company , pinnacle corp but declined their offered appointment date because the soonest slot they had available was in 30 days and zachary did not know if he would be in d.c. at that point in time or even if the appointment would be of any use , as it was entirely possible that no thurmond family members who worked for pinnacle ( or any in general ) would testcmrpositive .