Drunk In Love: A Friends-to-Lovers Romantic Suspense (Tri-State Security) by Aaliyah Deana

Author:Aaliyah Deana [Deana, Aaliyah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Kamaya

I look up at the sound of the elevator chime. Bree breezes into the office, her blonde hair pulled back in a chignon. “Hey, Kam, the mail guy stopped me on the way in and said this was for you.”

Bree hands me a manila envelope, legal pad size with the FJ logo on the top left corner.

“Oh, okay. Thanks,” I say, surprised to get a parcel from the Financial Journal. Bree walks off towards the kitchen where Max and Westin are gathered. Brandon hasn’t arrived yet for the day.

I’m the only one in the office area.

I shake the package, not hearing anything but what sounds like paper shuffling inside. Could Zach have sent me something? He was still being guarded about our date, but I doubted he would send me something when he could just deliver it himself.

My curiosity gets the better of me. I open the mysterious package and out slips a takeout menu for an Italian restaurant named Milano’s.

“That’s strange,” I mutter under my breath. “Who at FJ would send me a menu?”

My first instinct is to toss the menu, but I think better of it since the envelope is addressed to me. I definitely don’t recognize the swirling, looping handwriting. It’s practically in cursive, which is something rarely seen these days. A light-yellow piece of paper sticking out gets my attention. I open the menu and realize it’s a Post-it note with a message:

After weeks of not hearing from him, Franco texted me that he got a new number. He’s working at this restaurant on weeknights.

Finally a breakthrough!

After tirelessly searching through records, we finally have a way to track Franco down. Was this anonymous note from Jacob? Yesterday evening before going home for the night, Zach let us all know that he wasn’t able to acquire any new info about Franco or Harrison. It was the same address that we already had. Sadly, he didn’t include a number to reach Franco. I google the address for the restaurant, and it looks like it’s in the downtown area of Little Italy. A big career change from working at FJ.

What happened that Franco wasn’t able to secure another IT job?

Looks like Max and I will just have to go downtown to meet Franco. Assuming the information provided was correct.

“What’s that?” Maxwell asks over my shoulder, passing me on the way back to his desk.

I pass Maxwell a copy of the menu with the Post-it stuck inside.

Maxwell takes a few seconds to read it. He flips the menu around, presumably checking that there aren’t other messages hidden within the paper. “Wow, finally we might be getting somewhere. Who do you think sent this?”

“Not sure. We don’t have time to worry about that now,” I answer, sitting back in my seat. “I hope you’re in the mood for Italian for dinner.”

“Always,” Max replies. “Should we call the restaurant first to make sure he’ll be there?”

“I’d thought of that,” I say to Max. “Based on how the other employees have been acting, maybe the element of surprise might help us.

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