Tesser: A Dragon Among Us (A Reemergence Novel) by Philbrook Chris

Author:Philbrook, Chris [Philbrook, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-13T18:30:00+00:00

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It was nearly time to go home. The afternoon sun was heading towards the horizon at a good clip, and the yellow-gold line on the wall of her office told her exactly how long it'd be before night. She'd be stuck in traffic on the way home before the sun set, but she still needed to get in touch with Matty.

I keep getting her voice mail. Alexis dialed the number for Matty's office again, and let it reach Matty's voice mail. The recording of Matty's voice sounded hollow and old.

“Hello you've reached the voice mailbox of Matilde Rindahl in research assessment. I'm sorry I couldn't take your call. If you'd like, please leave your name and phone number or extension and a short description of the matter of your call, and I'll get back to you as soon as I am able. Thank you and have a great day.”

There was a tone, and Alexis left a message. "Hey, Matty; this is Alexis. I'm just calling to touch base with you about some stuff. I talked to Abe earlier, and he was passing the message along that Tesser was worried. Your man wants you to call him or meet up. Give me a shout when you get this message. I'll try your cell after work hours. Love you! Muah!" Alexis hung up her office phone and went back to the process of closing down her desktop. Each application was saved and closed independently, and all the pens and papers on her desk were placed in their overnight homes in her desk drawers.

This doesn't feel right. I wonder if she called out sick? It’s Tuesday. No one uses a sick day on a Tuesday. Of course, if she is preggo, there's a damn good chance she's sick as hell. Wait, I got an idea.

Alexis had her purse in one hand and she snatched up her phone with the other. She dialed Matty's number again, but when she had the chance, she dialed 0 repeatedly to get to the operator. After a few second's pause, someone picked up.

A young woman's voice spoke, "Thank you for calling Fitzgerald Industries. How may I direct your call?"

"Hey, this is Alexis Banks from the Boston office. I've been dialing Matty Rindahl's office all day, and she hasn't called me back. Can you tell me if she's in the office today?"

The operator answered immediately, "Miss Rindahl is listed as out today, Miss Banks. Would you like her voice mail?"

"No thanks, dear. I've already left her a message. I'll try her cell phone. Thank you. Have a great night."

"Same to you, Miss Banks," the operator said back as the call ended.

Okay, that's good. I'll call her when I get out of the parking garage.

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