Love [Literally] by Maria Monroe

Author:Maria Monroe [Monroe, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graffiti Fiction
Published: 2015-12-22T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Randolph Meyer is ignoring my messages asking for an interview, and all my searches on him keep coming up empty. Even the original forum where I found my single contact's information seems to have shut down. I want to call her up again, see if she knows anyone else who can help, but I promised I wouldn't contact her anymore. Maybe an email. Just one email. She can always say no.

The original email I sent her was mysteriously deleted, and though I search my email for it once more, it's definitely gone. I did write it down, though, and I open up my notebook I use for all sort of notes and find it. I type up a quick note and send it: Hi again. Sorry to bother you. I've reached a dead end and need more information if you have it. Any names? Info? Call, text, or email back. Thanks! Lia.

A few seconds later my in-box tings with a response, a generic failure notice telling me the email address doesn't exist. OK then. I'll have to put my sleuth skills to work. The contact said she met with the head of Accounting, who was then transferred suddenly. Maybe if I call her replacement, I can at least get the name of the previous one. I look up Hope International online, click on the Contact Us page, and get a central phone number. After a few phone calls, transfers, and listening to bad background music on hold—though the muzak version of Billie Jean is actually kind of funky—I'm transferred to a man who says, "Allen Smith," in a rushed voice.

"Hi!" I say brightly. "I'm trying to reach the head of Accounting?"

"This is."

"Great! I'm actually trying to locate the person who previously held your position. Do you have any information on her?"

"Who is this?"

"Lia Hudson."

"Right. And your connection with Hope International?"

"Oh, I'm doing a story for Triton Media on how helpful Hope International's projects have been."

"Let me transfer you to our media department then," he says, his voice firm and sort of cold.

"Wait," I say, but it's too late. More muzak. I hang up.

I do a quick search on Allen Smith and Hope International, and I pull up a Facebook page with a picture of a really nondescript white male in a suit. He's listed Hope International as his current employer. That gives me an idea. If I search for "Head of Accounting" and the charity, maybe I can find his predecessor. I type in my search criteria, then sift through the results. Finally I find another Facebook page. Melanie George. Yes! I click on her page.

She's blocked non-friends from seeing anything other than her profile pictures, but I can see her work history, which obviously hasn't been updated since it still lists Hope International as her current employer. Her last profile photo is presumably of herself, a smiling and pretty woman in her forties with a bad perm. The last update of her profile picture was a few months ago.

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