Secret Contract by Dana Marton

Author:Dana Marton [Marton, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 1087559
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

They really did not need the cops just now. They had to get rid of them, Carly thought as she smiled her best smile. Get them out of the office before the two men made any connections.

“So you were all gone for the day?” Officer Mayen looked at Anita, Sam and Gina, who all nodded. “And you worked late?” He was watching Carly now, his brown eyes red-rimmed but sharp.

She wondered what case he had worked all night. “I got so involved in writing a new program that I completely lost track of time. Occupational hazard.” She smiled.

“The night guard said you walked out just a few minutes before the disturbance.”

She’d been afraid the security guard might have seen the man trying to grab her and would finger her, but either he hadn’t been able to see the street from his desk or hadn’t been looking at the right moment.

“I was hurrying home. Must have happened just after I left.”

“Did you see anyone suspicious loitering at the entrance of the building?” The other officer, Hoffman, asked. He was shorter than Mayen, pudgy with an unpleasant face that scowled all the time.

“No.” She shook her head. “I wasn’t really looking. I was tired. It was dark.”

“If you remember anything—”

“I’ll call immediately,” she said.

Hoffman looked her over one last time. “Thank you. And thank you, ladies.”

“Wish we could help,” Gina said. “Terrible that something like this should happen here. Makes me nervous.”

“Nothing to worry about. They were probably some bad elements who met up with each other outside their part of town. We make sure security is tight in the business district and in the tourist areas.”

“Thank you, officers.” Anita smiled. “We really do appreciate the work that you do.”

The phone rang just as the door closed behind the cops, who were canvassing the office building for witnesses.

Sam walked to the reception desk to take the call, although these days it was usually Gina who was sitting there. The reception area was the only open workspace. The rest were glass-walled offices. “Brant Law wants you,” she said to Anita, and punched in the numbers necessary to transfer the call to her phone.

Anita went off to handle Law; Carly and Gina stayed where they were, in the middle of the main area of the office where all four women had gathered when the police had shown up.

“What do you think he wants?” Gina asked.

Carly shrugged. “We’ll know in a few minutes.”

They didn’t have to wait long.

“Good news.” Anita came out of her office, smiling. “We are about to get company cars.”

“All of us?” Sam perked up behind the stack of printouts she’d been organizing for Carly.

“Absolutely.”

Gina gave a rare grin. “What kind?”

“Our choice. Within limits.”

“How come?” A car sure sounded good, although public transportation was quick and easy in the city, designed for tourists. Carly used it if she needed to go anywhere else but work, which was close enough to walk to. She suspected that the reason they hadn’t gotten cars right at the beginning was to slow them down in case any of them had ideas about taking off.

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