Sweeter Than Honey (Estes Park Shifters Book 2) by Liz Paffel

Author:Liz Paffel [Paffel, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

An alarm was going off in her room.

The beeping blasted through her sleep-fogged brain. Cara bolted upright in bed, succumbed to a moment of unfamiliarity at the feel of the sheets around her, then focused on the sound.

It was her new phone. The alarm notification was different from her old phone, but she remembered activating this setting last night. Blinking to clear her vision, she grabbed the phone and checked it. Her heart lurched into her throat. The security alarm at her store in Kansas City was going off. She’d had a setting on her previous phone for an alert to be automated anytime the physical alarm inside the store was disturbed. Luckily, she’d been able to transfer the alert to her new number through the security company online.

Someone—or something—had triggered the security in her store!

The wood floor was cool on her bare feet as she jumped out of bed and raced into the hall, desperately trying to find a cell signal. Padding down the short hall, she hurried down the stairs to the kitchen table where she’d gotten good signal last night. The time on the phone said it was only 7:30 a.m. Olive probably wouldn’t be at the store just yet. A blessing if someone really had broken in. She couldn’t stomach the idea of her assistant getting hurt.

She dialed Olive’s number, but it went to voice mail. Shit! Olive wouldn’t recognize this phone number as belonging to Cara. She’d call back and leave a message next time. Grabbing her laptop from where she’d left it on the bench last night, she prayed the internet from the hotspot would kick in without trouble so she could view the camera feed from inside the store via the security company’s online portal. Before she could check, her phone rang with an incoming call from the security company.

“Cara Neal.”

“Ms. Neal, we’ve detected movement inside your store and the alarms have been triggered. Only one camera is working at this time. Do we have your permission to send law enforcement?”

She nodded frantically. “Yes!”

Only one camera was working? There were five cameras, three inside the store and two outside. Her pulse raced. She had thousands and thousands of dollars in diamonds, gold, and precious gems inside that store. The perps would have to get inside the safe to access most of the raw materials, but all her ready-made pieces were on display.

She logged into the portal and pulled up the feed from the single camera. It was grainy and monochrome. The feed signal was poor, but she was able to make out one figure inside the back room. Just then, the figure turned to the camera and waved her arms.

It was Olive! She had to get out of there!

Cara hung up on the alarm company and dialed her number again. Olive answered on the second ring. Cara watched through the delay in the feed.

“Hey,” Cara whispered tensely. “Get out of there.”

“It was me. I tripped the alarms. I’m sorry. It’s just me.”

Cara let out a huge breath.

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