Sedona Law 5 by Dave Daren

Author:Dave Daren [Daren, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“Check out this camera angle,” I told Vicki as she walked in. “It looks like it was moved.”

“What do you mean?” she asked as she peered at the screen.

“Why would they set up the camera to watch the tree, and not the door?” I questioned. “Someone had to have moved it.”

“Huh.” She furrowed her brow. “Did you go through the backlogs?”

I shook my head. “I don’t have the backlog. Leila only gave me the file for that day.”

She raised an eyebrow. “Well, that’s an interesting twist.”

“No,” I disagreed, “I don’t think she’s involved.”

“Well,” Vicki said, “I’ve got a meeting with Allison now.”

“Allison?” I repeated.

“Allison Pierce,” she reminded me. “She played Gretchen … ”

“Oh, right,” I remembered. “I should go with you on that one.”

“Sure,” she shrugged, “it will be good to have a double perspective.”

“Poor AJ.” I glanced back at the conference room.

“Nah,” Vicki said. “She’s writing Horace’s play.”

“Does she have an angle yet?” I asked.

“I think she’s going for humor,” she replied with a smile. “Farce. She said she’s in a rush, and it’s easy to hide bad writing behind farce.

I laughed. “I never thought of it that way. Make sense. If you’re going for bad, no one can fault you for sucking.”

“Exactly,” Vicki chuckled. “What is it with us and writers this month?”

“I know,” I said as I grabbed my bag, and we headed out to my car. “I just sat through Leila interviewing a rock band and talking about writing about their philosophy of art.”

“I love her,” Vicki sighed.

“Leila won’t stay in this town long,” I told her, “not with that kind of talent and ambition.”

“What are you talking about?” Vicki asked as we got in the car. “You stayed.”

I laughed as I pulled out of the parking lot.

“But I had to leave to come back,” I pointed out, “and I came back a different person. There’s only so much room to grow in a small town.”

“Hmm,” she said. “John Mellencamp would disagree with you.”

“John Mellencamp lives in a multi-million dollar condo in Soho,” I snorted.

She laughed, and the GPS to Allison’s house took us around the back of our own undeveloped land.

“I made another appointment with an architect,” Vicki said after some time. “I don’t know, he’s alright.”

“I was thinking we could use The Count,” I replied evenly. “I’m into the bathroom on the roof.”

“It would definitely make us eccentric,” she chuckled. “Seriously, though. I’m exhausted looking for architects. I don’t think we’ll ever find anyone who really ‘wows’ us up front. We might have to just get someone from L.A. to do it.”

“I don’t know,” I sighed, “I’d prefer a local if that was at all possible.”

Suddenly, the GPS announced our arrival at Allison’s home. It was a red stucco house, much like Jerry’s. We made our way up the drive to the front door and knocked several times.

“She knew you were coming, right?” I clarified.

“Yeah,” Vicki replied.. “She said she was home and she would love to talk to us about it. She was quite open on the phone.

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