The Color of Fear by Marcia Muller

Author:Marcia Muller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2017-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24

9:57 a.m.

I had just stopped in at the office when Saskia called my cell.

“I wonder if you would object to Robin and me going to your house this afternoon. I thought some of those old photographs I gave you may shed significance on what’s happening now.”

I didn’t think so, but I said, “Sure. Robin has a key and knows the codes for the security systems. But I’ve got to warn you: the photos are sort of jumbled together in a file box. I haven’t quite gotten around to sorting them and putting them in scrapbooks.”

She laughed. “There’ll be time for that when you’re a very old lady. Where’s the box?”

“Front hall coat closet. Is everything okay with the two of you?”

“Oh yes. The hospitality suite is nice, far better than most luxury hotels I’ve stayed in. And the food from downstairs is said to be divine.”

“Well, good. Please use WeDriveU. Safer with them when you go out.” I recited the number that would bring a car around.

She asked, “Are all these security precautions necessary?”

“Just routine. Relax and enjoy being pampered.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Something in Saskia’s tone of voice told me she didn’t believe a word I was saying. Didn’t matter, so long as she was safe.

As soon as I ended the call, the phone buzzed again. Momentarily I thought that I’d like to get hold of whoever had invented cellular technology and throw them off M&R’s roof garden. Sometimes it seemed as if all I ever did was talk to somebody or other on the phone.

This call was from Rob Lewis, the Identi-Kit man. He said Charley Willingham, the bartender from The Twenty-Second Century, had put off their meeting until late afternoon yesterday, which was why he hadn’t been in touch sooner. When they finally sat down together, he’d compiled a few good Identi-Kit sketches.

“I’m on my way out to Christmas shop, so how about I drop them off at your office?”

“That’d be great.”

10:55 a.m.

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