Pieces Of Our Past: A Riveting Kidnapping Mystery (A North and Martin Abduction Mystery Book 5) by James Hunt

Author:James Hunt [Hunt, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-07T22:00:00+00:00

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Arthur Myers's accounting business was located in a small strip mall, sandwiched between a furniture store and a frozen yogurt shop. Kerry parked in front of the accounting office and entered through the front door. A bell chimed at her entrance. The inside of the shop was small, with a tiny reception area with a few chairs, a coffee table with tabloid magazines on top, a large Ficus plant that looked fake, and an almost empty water cooler. There was no actual receptionist, and Kerry waited for someone to greet her.

“Hello?” Kerry shouted from the reception area. “Is anybody here?”

“Yeah!” a voice shouted somewhere in the back. “I will be with you in just one second.”

A few more minutes passed before a tall, lanky-looking man in an awkwardly fitting suit stepped out from behind the reception wall. He smiled, exposing white but crooked teeth and extended his hand to Kerry.

“Arthur Myers,” he said. “How can I help you?”

Kerry reached into her pocket and removed the business card that Cutters had given her. “I was told to contact you by a mutual friend.” She handed the card over to him, and Arthur took one look at it and understood the message.

“Ah, yes,” Arthur said. “I was expecting you. Please, follow me.”

Arthur handed the card back to Kerry, and then she followed him behind the reception wall into an even smaller space that acted as Arthur’s office. There was no window, no decoration, not a whole lot of light, just a desk with the computer and two chairs sitting in front of it.

“Very homey,” Kerry said.

Arthur laughed, but the reaction sounded false, like he was on autopilot. “Let me just pull up your account information.”

Kerry frowned. “My account information? What do you have on me already?”

“Nothing much. I just like to make sure things run smoothly around here,” Arthur answered. Don’t want to make the boss angry, right?” He laughed again in the same tone as before. He typed quickly on his keyboard, but the screen was positioned so Kerry couldn’t see its contents. “And what was the amount you requested?”

Kerry cleared her throat. “Um, five thousand.”

Arthur grunted in confirmation, continuing to type. Less than a minute later, he ceremoniously tapped one final key and then leaned back in his chair and clapped his hands together. “All set.”

“That’s it?” Kerry asked.

Arthur held up his hand, and then something printed behind them. He removed the sheet of paper and then extended it to Kerry. “That is your account information. You can expect the funds to be deposited on the first of every month. It’s an offshore account, so you don’t have to worry about claiming it on your taxes. That’s something that I’ll handle every year. All you have to do is figure out what you want to spend the money on. If everything goes smoothly, then you and I will never see each other again.”

Kerry wasn’t exactly sure how she expected this to play out, but she hadn’t expected this to go so fast.

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