Relic Hunters Taskforce Box Set by Ruth Hartzler

Author:Ruth Hartzler [Hartzler, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Wholesome Books
Published: 2020-04-08T22:00:00+00:00

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It took Abigail a moment to realize Riley had knocked her to the ground. He held her down, his hand over his head.

Riley suddenly released her. Abigail looked up into Charles’s shocked face. “What, what happened?” he stammered.

A man appeared in front of them. “Myles, what happened?” Riley asked him by way of greeting.

“Someone was about to shoot you,” Myles said. “We’d better get out of here before the police come.” He jerked his head toward Charles. “Who’s he? Is he with you?”

“Not exactly,” Riley said. “Abigail knows him. He’s an academic, an Egyptologist. He turned up here and said someone stabbed him.”

Abigail noticed the look that passed between the two men.

“And you must be Abigail,” Myles said, offering her his hand. “And who are you?”

Charles drew himself up to his full height. “Dr. Charles Fitzgerald III, Egyptologist of some renown, if I do say so myself.”

“Abigail says he’s legit,” Riley said.

“Well, we’ll sort that out later,” Myles said. “Let’s take my car.”

Charles opened his mouth to say something but clearly decided the better of it. Riley indicated that Charles should walk in front of him and they all followed Myles to his car. It was a black SUV with tinted windows.

“Actually, Abigail and I will drive my rental car back to the hotel,” Riley said. “I can’t abandon it here. We’ll meet you at the hotel.” He gave Myles the address.

When they were in the car, Abigail said, “Why can’t we just leave the car here? Why do we take it back to the hotel?”

“Because there is a dead body here now. If there are Vortex agents around, they’ll take care of it, but we don’t know if there are. No doubt, the police are already on their way ,and even though I’ve covered my tracks, it’s best if the police don’t find an abandoned rental car here.”

Abigail felt foolish. “Oh,” she said in a small voice. It was quite obvious after he explained it. “Will you leave it at the hotel?”

Riley nodded. “I’ll tell them that I’ve met up with friends and I’m going on with them. I’ll leave some cash for someone to take it back to Cairo. That will tie up loose ends nicely.”

After Riley made the arrangements for the car, they headed for Myles’s vehicle. Riley opened the door for Abigail and they both climbed into the back seat.

“Where to?” Myles said.

Riley raised a questioning eyebrow at Abigail. She held up both hands, palms upward. “I don’t have a clue. I need to have another look at the papyrus.”

“We should probably head back to Cairo for now,” Riley said. “We need to figure out what’s going on.”

“So, tell me your story,” Myles said to Charles.

“It’s not a story,” he protested. “I’ve already told the others.”

“You haven’t told me,” Myles said.

Abigail thought Charles would protest further, but after an interval, he spoke. “Like I told Abigail and her friend back there”—he jerked his thumb over his shoulder—“a man came to see me and said he was from MI6.

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