The Throwbacks by Stephanie Queen

Author:Stephanie Queen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romantic suspense, romantic comedy, romantic mystery, mysteries and humor

Chapter 14

AS soon as David got off the plane he flipped his badge open, breezing his way through security and customs and whatever other bells and whistles the airport had set up to delay the comings and goings of so many ordinary people trying to live their lives. He slipped the silent cell phone from his pocket and pressed it back into service. It immediately beeped that friendly tone that meant he had a message. Glancing at the too-small screen with his less than bionic eyes, he could see that he had several messages—too many for his impatience to allow him to count.

Instead he punched in Dan’s number to see if his friend could play chauffeur before he bothered to stand in the line for taxis.

“I’m on my way,” Dan said before David could even ask. “Wait. I have another call. I’ll get back to you.”

David’s phone immediately beeped an unfamiliar tone. He hit the “view now” button and was surprised to find what he presumed was a text message. As he stood on the sidewalk, he shook his head. This called for his reading glasses. He finished the message just in time to answer the call back from Dan.

“I just had a text message from the mayor,” he told the chief. “He regrets to inform me that my status—and the status of the exchange program—is uncertain until further clarification can be made by Scotland Yard about information they recently obtained. I’ve never been fired electronically before—it has its advantages. Mostly for the bearer of the bad news.”

“That chickenshit. I was going to let you know—in person. Sorry, David. Politics. I’m sure as soon as the commissioner clears your internal affairs investigation it’ll all be fine.”

Before long, Dan pulled up in front of David in his car. David had barely shut his phone off and swung into the car, chuckling.

“So what does it feel like to break the sound barrier?” he asked his friend, who did not look happy. Dan tossed his phone on the floor in front of David’s feet.

“Was that a commentary on telecommunications technology or the Mayor’s choice to employ it?”

“Take a wild guess,” Dan grunted. “In spite of what the mayor says, you’re still the lead investigator on the case as far as I’m concerned.”

“Where are we going?” David squelched his urge to tell Dan to drop him at home so he could call Grace.

“To Rick’s loft. I just got a call. They had an attempted break-in not ten minutes ago,” Dan said.

David’s phone beeped again, insisting that he listen to his messages. He pulled it out again.

“Probably not coincidental. Someone is looking for the artifacts.” David listened to Grace’s charming voice on his voice mail—only an octave higher than usual.

“David, call me right away. I’m at Theresa and Rick’s loft,” she said. If the impending-disaster nature of the words didn’t cause him to immediately stop the voice mail message in favor of a direct call, then the beep signaling another call would have. He clicked the line into action.

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