Left To Run (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book Two) by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2020-05-13T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Adele stared out the window, watching the corpulent rain clouds lumbering across the gray horizon. The bleak skies matched her mood. She could hear Robert at his computer, which was once again clear of viruses. She’d spent the last thirty minutes listening to the tech rep admonishing Robert and giving him a series of instructions to avoid infecting his computer again.

Adele had very little doubt the computer would likely be inoperable within the week. Still, she could hear her old mentor tapping away and murmuring quietly to himself. She glanced over her shoulder in his direction, and said, “Anything?”

He didn’t look up, and instead smoothed his mustache and yawned, exposing the two missing teeth in the upper part of his smile.

“Still nothing,” he said. “Nothing related, at least. No missing kidneys as far as I can tell. There was a case three years ago where someone’s lungs were taken, but it was done sloppily. Not professional. They were useless once the police caught up with him.”

Adele shivered. “Well, thanks for that image,” she said. “Let me know if there’s anything relevant.”

Robert waved and returned his attention to the screen. Adele glanced back into the gray skies. She pressed her hand to her pocket with her phone, waiting impatiently for it to buzz. She’d contacted Ms. Jayne, who’d promised to have her own people at Interpol look for connections to organ-harvesting outside of France.

The way clearance worked with Interpol’s files, only one of the French agents had access to old cases at a time. Adele and Robert had flipped a coin and he’d won—though she suspected he’d cheated. But now, Adele had to sit and wait for her turn to go over the old cases.

“Almost done?” she asked.

Robert shrugged. “Only a few more hours,” he said. “Then you can have the security key.”

Adele sighed. This license with Interpol was still in a testing period. She hoped, eventually, the more trust she garnered, the easier it would be to access files. For now, though, a few hours was a long time to wait and stare out a window.

At last, sensing her disgruntlement, Robert glanced up from his computer. “If you want,” he said, “you can take a break. You look like you need it.”

Adele studied the rain clouds and watched as the first few droplets appeared as hazy streaks against the sky. She had once found herself caught in a rainstorm, right on the verge of the raindrops, fleeing it. Angus hadn’t believed her when she’d told him, but Adele still swore to this day that at one point the back half of her car had been tapping with rain, while the front windshield had been completely clear.

“Nowhere to go,” she said with a shrug.

Robert waved distractedly at her, once again his attention fixed on the computer. “The swimming pool is open back at the house. Or you could go for a jog.” He trailed off, muttering to himself. Adele glanced over; it seemed as if he was again riveted by whatever he was reading.

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