Hidden Agemda (Kate Diamond Adventure) by Leighann Dobbs

Author:Leighann Dobbs [Leighann Dobbs]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Kate’s brow creased with worry as she balanced the pizza in her right hand while pressing the elevator button for Gideon’s lab. There was something strange about this ruby heist … things weren’t adding up. She hoped Gideon could help shed some light on things, which was why she was bringing him pizza for supper.

The smell of tomato, basil and baked dough made her stomach grumble as Kate jabbed the button repeatedly trying to make the elevator go faster. She’d forgotten to eat lunch and had spent the whole afternoon searching Caleb Summers’ place and then trying to track him down at the Actors Studio.

Finally, the elevator dumped her out in the basement and she keyed in the code for the lab door, which whooshed open to reveal Gideon bent over his lab table as usual.

“Soups on!” Kate said as she laid the pizza box down on the table and ripped the lid open. Thankfully, Gideon had the foresight to put some paper plates and napkins on the table. Kate liberated a slice of pizza from the box and bit in.

“Thanks for picking this up.” Gideon joined her at the table, picking out his own slice of pizza.

Kate simply nodded and wiped a string of cheese from her chin, her mouth too full of pizza to speak.

“Did you talk to Caleb Summers?” Gideon asked.

Kate plucked a napkin from the table and wiped the grease from her mouth. “No. I couldn’t find him. He seems to have disappeared.”

Gideon nodded as he swallowed a bite. “Not surprising … if he stole the ruby then he’d want to lay low.”

“Oh, he stole it all right.” Kate leaned over the box and picked out another piece—one with lots of pepperoni. “I found the disguise in his apartment.”

“You did?”

“Uh huh.”

“Well, that solves one mystery,” Gideon said.

“But brings up a few more.” Kate slid into one of the lab chairs and folded her pizza in half, then shoved a big section in her mouth.

“Like what?”

“Like where he is. Why he stole the ruby … and what he did with it,” Kate said. “I searched his entire apartment and it wasn’t there.”

Gideon shrugged. “He probably already handed it over to whoever he was stealing it for.”

“Yeah … probably Uncle Roger.”

“Uncle Roger?”

“At the Actors Studio, they said that Caleb’s Uncle Roger had come last week and Caleb seemed nervous about him.” Kate put her pizza crust down on the plate and wiped her hands. “I wonder if that’s who he stole it for.”

“Maybe, but how do we find out who Uncle Roger is?” Gideon asked.

Daisy had come over and was whimpering at Kate’s feet for a handout. She broke a tiny piece off the pizza crust and fed it to the dog while she thought about that.

“Do they have traffic cameras on Tremont Street?” she asked.

Gideon shrugged as he chewed.

“If they do, we might be able to see this Uncle Roger on the video … if we can tap into it.” Kate raised her brows at Gideon.

“I’ll see what I can do.

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