The Ghost and the Doppelganger by Anna J McIntyre

Author:Anna J McIntyre [Holmes, Bobbi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anna J McIntyre

Twenty-One

Joanne had gone home after stripping the linens off the beds in the guest rooms and gathering up all the towels. She had started one load of laundry and then went to clean the guest rooms and baths. When she was done, there was another load of laundry to put in, but Danielle had told her to go ahead and go home and take the rest of the day off. Danielle said she would finish up the laundry. Joanne was happy to oblige, as it was spring break, and she had some family visiting her for a few days.

Marie had taken off too. Eva had stopped by just after Clint and Stephanie had driven away. She told Marie there was something she needed to do and wondered if she would keep an eye on her portrait. While Marie wasn’t thrilled to still be on guard duty, she didn’t mind going to the museum and eavesdropping on some of the docents, like Millie and Ben—assuming either of them were on duty.

Chris had arrived at Marlow House not long after Joanne went home and found Ian and Lily with Danielle and Walt in the library. After they brought Chris up to speed on what had gone on since the previous evening, they all sat in silence for a few moments while Chris processed all that he had just been told.

“I can’t believe you didn’t call me last night,” Chris finally said, looking at Danielle. “And I can’t believe you didn’t tell the chief.”

“She didn’t tell us either,” Lily grumbled. She sat with Ian on the sofa, while Danielle and Chris sat in the chairs across from them. Walt stood by the bookshelves, smoking a cigar.

“Hey, guys, there was nothing you could do. And we had it under control,” Danielle insisted.

Chris nodded over to the life-sized Marlow portraits. “What are you going to do about those?”

“We were just discussing that,” Ian said.

“And it’s not just the portraits here, we have to deal with the one at the museum. They need to be told what it’s worth,” Lily said.

“When are you going to do that?” Chris asked.

“That’s one of the things we were talking about,” Ian said.

“I think the first priority is getting Eva’s portrait secure. Walt can keep an eye on his until we work it all out, but I’m worried that someone connected to Clint’s art heist—and we know there are more than seven people involved, considering the men who showed up while we were at the restaurant and the fact there has to be at least one buyer. It wouldn’t take long for someone curious to start doing a little online sleuthing and stumble across Eva’s portrait, considering so many of the online articles mention both Walt and Eva,” Danielle explained.

“And if the buyer realizes those portraits are fake this afternoon, one of them might turn to the internet for answers. That seems to be what you people do these days,” Walt interjected. While Lily and Ian couldn’t hear what Walt had said, Danielle and Chris could.

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