Movie Mogul Mama_Heist Ladies by Connie Shelton

Author:Connie Shelton [Shelton, Connie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945422553
Amazon: 1945422556
Publisher: Secret Staircase Books, an imprint of Columbine Publishing Group
Published: 2018-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

The Heist Ladies met at Sandy’s house again. Gracie had put out the word, and the tone of her panicky message brought them all within the hour.

“Detective Mason just called me. His department enlisted the cooperation of the feds. Homeland Security told him Rob Williams has left the country. He checked in on an Air France flight for Paris.”

“So, what does Mason say they’ll do about it?” Amber asked.

“Nothing. A municipal police department doesn’t have the means to extradite on this sort of case, he told me. They can barely catch murderers and drug lords. Apparently wiping out people’s life savings doesn’t qualify as important enough.” Gracie was nearly in tears. “And then he asked me if I knew anything about this. I can’t even remember what answer I gave, I was so shaken. Now he probably thinks I’ve tipped off Rob to the police investigation.”

Sandy held out a plate of cookies. Sweets could solve so many problems. “Okay, let’s take a breath and think about this. We had a feeling Rob might go to Europe. You saw the photo of that huge house, and we know he’s stockpiling money for something—it must be that.

“I’ve been in touch with him by text and email very recently, although I have to admit there were no new messages the last few hours. His being on a plane could explain that …” She picked up one of the cookies for herself. “But I do believe he’s going to be here Friday for the gala. Nothing he’s said indicates he’s suspicious about the plans.”

Was that correct? He had questioned her about the deposits that had not been charged to his card yet. She munched down the cookie and took another.

“The cop—Mason—he sounded pretty urgent about finding Rob and getting him to L.A. Apparently, the attorney general is pushing to get the case on the docket because only one judge is working through the holidays, and it’s normally a slow time of year in the court system. After the first of the year, the calendar is full and it would take much longer to resolve this thing. Now would be the ideal time to arrest Rob and get him indicted for inaccurately representing the investment and taking money under false pretenses. They can’t proceed with any of that unless they have their suspect in custody.”

“So, we go get him,” Amber said, a gleam in her eye. “We’ve dashed off to Europe on other missions. We can do this.”

“We don’t even know where in Europe this big villa is,” Sandy pointed out, “other than it’s probably somewhere in France since that’s where he went. In our business dealings, he’s talked fondly of Cannes, but I assumed it was because of the big film festival.”

Amber was tapping away at her tablet. “I’ll just go through the real estate listings …”

Pen spoke up. “I believe we can narrow this matter down to a couple of possibilities. Rob is either going to show up here in Scottsdale by the end of the week, or he’ll stay in Europe to elude the police.

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