The Last Note (Mystical Marvels Mysteries Book 2) by Cleveland Claudette

Author:Cleveland, Claudette [Cleveland, Claudette]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Romance / Paranormal, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
ISBN: 9781495159183
Publisher: Claudette Cleveland
Published: 2015-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“Who?”

“They say that they are friends of the Mystical Marvels and they know we are holding them here.”

“One of them says she’s the niece of Dottie Muldoon. A young guy says he’s the son of Clara Dooley. What do you want me to do?”

“Bring them to the house.”

Ricardo returned to the office. “Dottie, do you have a niece?”

“Yes, Erin. Why?”

“I think that she’s here. They’re bringing her and her friends to the house. Perhaps you should meet them at the door so they don’t think that I’m holding you against your will.”

Dottie hurried downstairs with Ricardo. They stood at the open door and watched Erin and Lou run to her. “Are you alright Auntie?”

“I’m fine thanks to Mr. Chavez here.”

“Welcome to my house. This is turning into quite a party. Are you hungry? Come.” Both carloads walked into the spacious hacienda. The Arizona sunset gave the visitors an unrealistic show of color creeping from west to east over the sky as the sun sank behind a ridge of mountains.

“Juan will get you something to drink. Maria, suppose you set up a little buffet for our guests?”

Erin tried to tell him that that wasn’t necessary. “We’ll be leaving soon. We’ll get my aunts and Clara and be on our way.”

Dottie spoke up. “Erin sit down honey. It might be best if we stay here for a while. By the way may I introduce Sophia Chavez, the most gracious hostess in all of Arizona. She’s been a big fan of the Mystical Marvels for a long time. Have something to eat and drink and we’ll explain everything.”

Erin and Lou looked at each other. Only the girls could be kidnapped, thrown in a van, driven about 200 hundred miles and end up being wined and dined at a hacienda owned by a possible drug lord.

“First of all, the Chavezes knew nothing about our kidnapping or the ransom for the rights to Sean’s music. Harry Conti is his ex-brother-in-law. Sophia convinced him to help Harry because Harry is the father of her granddaughter.”

They all looked at Sophia. “She didn’t know about the kidnapping either,” Clara said hugging her new friend’s shoulders. Wade stood by her side and kissed Clara’s head.

The new arrivals drank and munched on the delicious food. Most of them even went back for seconds. All the while the girls explained the new information that they had attained either through Dottie’s psychic reading or Birdie’s hacking.

“Aunt Birdie, you know you’re not supposed to do that. That could be traced back to Mr. Chavez here,” Brad told her.

“No honey. When I signed on I used your IP address.”

They all laughed as Brad rolled his eyes. “You still have that bail money don’t you?” This brought more laughter which felt good after such a tense day.

“Have you ladies thought about starting your own international detective agency? I wouldn’t want you investigating me. Oh yeah, you did already,” Ricardo said making himself the brunt of the joke.

“I hate to break up the party, but my men tell me that Bloomberg and Harry are not far behind you.

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