The Future Scrolls by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-08-09T16:00:00+00:00

Ten

Where had the morning gone? Dani glanced at the Gucci watch on her slender wrist: twelvethirty. The phone shrilled, startling her. Reaching out for the receiver before it could ring a second time, Dani managed to trip over Bismarck and bruise her shin all at the same time. The receiver cradled on her shoulder, she gasped, “Hello.”

“Dani, this is Stash. Now look, don’t get alarmed but someone ransacked your apartment. I went up there today like I said I would and the place was a shambles. I did the best I could, but you know me. Two left feet and two left hands. I want to know if there was anything valuable you left behind and how will I know if there is something missing?”

“Stash, you aren’t joking, are you?” Dani asked in alarm.

“Would I joke about a thing like that? Come on, Dani; you know me better than that. Listen, are you in some kind of trouble? Does it have something to do with the kid? If so, tell me and maybe I can help. That’s what friends are for, you know.”

For five seconds, Dani debated whether she should tell him or not. A vision of an angry darkeyed Latin invaded her thoughts and helped her make a rapid decision.

“No, Stash, I’m not in any kind of trouble. Please believe me,” Dani pleaded as she crossed her fingers childishly. “It must have been some kind of burglar or some kids. I’ve been lucky so far. What I mean is, I’ve lived there for five years and I guess I was overdue for a ransacking. How much damage did they do? Is my furniture ruined?”

“Well they did a job, I’ll say that for them. To my inexperienced eye, I would say they were looking for something. Forget your furniture. There isn’t anything left but the stuffing. Even your mattress was slashed to ribbons. All the closets were emptied out and everything was strewn on the floor. They even had a go at your flowerpots. They just dumped the dirt on the floor. What do you want me to do?”

“Do you mean there isn’t anything to come back to? All my beautiful things. Stash, you are telling me the truth, aren’t you? Do you know how long it took me to save the eight hundred dollars to buy my sofa? Three miserable years,” Dani wailed. “Can it be reupholstered?”

“I’m afraid not,” Stash answered gruffly. “There isn’t anything left but the frame. That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. It was such a thorough job that whoever did it must have been looking for something. Something that could be hidden in the stuffing. Are you sure, Dani, that you aren’t in some kind of trouble?”

“No, I’m not.”

“Do you want me to report this to the police?” He waited for her answer.

God. If she said no, he would know for sure that something was wrong. If she said yes, the police would come here and then what would Alex say? Tough! It was her furniture and her savings that bought it.

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