The Girl With No Name: Absolutely gripping mystery and suspense by Lisa Regan

Author:Lisa Regan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786813831
Publisher: Bookouture

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Josie made it to the Atlantic East Cryobank just after lunch time. It took up the second floor of a six-story square brick and glass office building. The door was solid and unwelcoming. Josie wondered momentarily if it was locked, but when she pushed, it opened to reveal a small reception area with black vinyl guest chairs lining the walls. A few end tables had been scattered throughout with magazines piled on top of them. Field and Stream, Sports Illustrated, and Motorcycle Racing. It was a waiting room tailored for men. Josie imagined they saved the porn magazines for when customers were giving samples.

A window had been cut into one of the walls. Josie walked up to it and peered inside. The area beyond it was filled with a series of cubicles. She rapped her knuckles against the glass and a moment later a woman appeared and slid the window open. “Can I help you?”

Josie flashed her credentials. “I’m here to see Diana Sweeney.”

The woman frowned. She looked as though she might ask questions but then decided against it, instead telling Josie to have a seat before closing the window. Josie had no sooner sat in one of the chairs when a door beside the window opened and a different woman stepped out. She was in her forties, heavyset, her brown hair tied back in a bun, gray strands just starting to show at her temples. A pair of glasses sat on her nose, and she looked over them at Josie, smiling.

“Josie Quinn?”

Josie stood and extended a hand but instead, the woman embraced her, pulling her tightly into a hug. “Miss Sweeney,” Josie said when she released her.

Diana Sweeney smiled. “It’s lovely to meet you finally. Come.”

Josie followed her through the door and past a labyrinth of cubicles until they came to her tiny workstation. It was only big enough for Diana’s desk and one guest chair. Diana cleared her purse and file folder from the chair and offered it to Josie. Around them rose the soft murmur of female voices and the steady click-clack of fingers typing away on keyboards. The inner walls of Diana’s cubicle were filled with photos of Diana and various people who Josie assumed were family and friends. Josie recognized the photo of Diana and her sister. It was the same one that Diana had sent to Josie six months earlier.

Diana saw her staring at the photo, and she ran a finger over her sister’s face. “She was missing for thirteen years before you found her.”

Josie knew this from the letter Diana had sent along with the photo. “I didn’t actually find her,” Josie said. “It was a team of FBI personnel.”

Diana turned toward Josie, a beatific smile on her face. Tears shone in her eyes. “Only because you told them where to look. Because of you, all those families finally have answers—just like us. They can finally lay their loved ones to rest.”

It was familiar territory, and yet Josie still felt uncomfortable with

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