The Atlantis Scrolls by P. W. Child

Author:P. W. Child [Child, P. W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Technothrillers, Thriller, Thrillers
Amazon: B015G5LK34
Published: 2015-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

“Anything else before I leave, Dr. Gould?” the night hostess asked from the other side of the door. Her calm tone was in stark contrast to the nail-biting radio drama Nina was listening to and it jerked Nina into another state of mind.

“No, thank you, that’ll be all,” she called back, trying to sound as un-hysterical as she could.

“When Mr. Purdue returns, please do let him know that Miss Maisy left a phone message. She said to relay to him that she had fed the dog,” the plump servant requested.

“Um . . . aye, I’ll do that. Good night!” Nina feigned a cheery disposition and bit her nails.

Like he’d give a shit about anyone feeding the dog after what just went down in the city. Idiot, Nina growled in her mind.

She had not heard from Sam since he shouted about the watch, but she dared not interrupt the other two while they were already using every sense to keep from falling. Nina was livid that she could not warn them about the police, but she was not to blame. There were no radio reports sending them to the church and their random appearance there was not her error. But surely Agatha was going to give her the sermon of a lifetime about it.

“Fuck this,” Nina decided, going to the chair to get her windbreaker. From the cookie jar in the lobby she delved in to retrieve the keys to the E-type Jag in the garage that belonged to Peter, the homeowner who accommodated the Purdue party. Abandoning her post, she locked the house and drove out to the cathedral to be of more help.

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Atop the ridge, Agatha held on to the slanting sides of the roof that she crossed on all fours. Purdue was slightly ahead of her, moving toward the turret where the Angelus Bell and its friends hung in silence. Weighing almost a ton, the bell was unlikely to be moved by the tempestuous winds, which changed direction rapidly, erratically, corralled by the complex architecture of the monumental church. Both of them were utterly exhausted, as fit as they were, from the climbing glitch and the adrenaline of nearly being discovered . . . or shot.

Like sliding shadows they both slipped into the turret, grateful for the steady floor beneath and the momentary safety of the little tower’s dome and pillars.

Purdue undid the zipper on his trouser leg and pulled out his spyglass. On it was a button that would link up the coordinates he had recorded previously with the GPS on Nina’s screen. But she had to activate the GPS from her side to make sure that the exact point on the bell was marked, where the book was hidden.

“Nina, I’m sending the GPS coordinates to link with yours,” Purdue reported on his com device. No answer. Again, he tried to make contact with Nina, but there was no answer.

“Now what? I told you she lacked the mind for this type of excursion, David,” Agatha bitched under her breath as she waited.

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