The Entitled by Nancy Boyarsky

Author:Nancy Boyarsky
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: whodunit, disappearance, murder, mystery, thriller, suspense, London, England, women sleuths, amateur sleuths, detective, mistaken identity, framed, paparazzi
Publisher: Light Messages Publishing
Published: 2020-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

—Reinhardt

She went to the front hall closet to check. Sure enough his suitcase was gone. She let out a shaky sigh, surprised to find herself on the verge of tears. Don’t be ridiculous, she told herself. How could she let this upset her when he’d told her he was going to leave? Still she’d hoped they’d have a few more days together.

She went back to the table and re-read the note. Then in a fit of pique, she crumpled it up and threw it in the trash. He wasn’t available. He’d never be available. When would she learn?

She glanced at the clock. She’d promised to be at Sacha’s dorm in an hour and a half. She wasn’t hungry but figured she’d better eat before she made the trip. The refrigerator was predictably empty. She had to do something about that. Checking the map on her phone, she saw that a large supermarket was only a few blocks away. She had just enough time to pick up a few groceries and have a quick snack before she left to see Sacha.

When Nicole reached the market, she noticed tables and chairs set out in a covered courtyard adjacent to the store. She changed plans. She’d grocery shop later. Instead she went to the deli counter and ordered a roast beef and swiss cheese sub and took a bottle of water from the cooler. After going through the checkout line, she brought the food out to the courtyard. The tables were empty. She chose one and sat to eat while she watched the parade of passersby. All at once she noticed a man had just taken a seat at a table near the street. He was wearing a black jacket and a green baseball cap with the visor pulled low, hiding his face. It was the same one she’d spotted several times in East London. Now she was certain he was following her.

She left the uneaten half of her sandwich and bottle of water on the table and got up and returned to the store in a leisurely manner, as if she was planning to return. She didn’t look around to see if he was behind her, but strode to the rear of the store and followed one of the stock clerks through a swinging door. This led to a huge open room where the market stored merchandise. A man in a green smock looked up from the carton of apples he was loading onto a dolly.

“You can’t be here, madam,” he said. “It’s staff only.”

Ignoring him, she hurried toward a large platform at the rear that opened onto a side street. It was the dock where trucks delivered goods. She found some stairs that led down to the sidewalk. No one seemed to notice.

On her way to the tube station, she kept looking around to make sure that man wasn’t behind her. She arrived at the dorm fifteen minutes early, so she wasn’t surprised to find Sacha’s door closed. There was no response to her knock.

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