Where Rivers Part by Kellie Coates Gilbert

Author:Kellie Coates Gilbert [Gilbert, Kellie Coates]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042000, FIC044000
ISBN: 9781441221223
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2014-12-22T05:00:00+00:00

28

Juliet searched for any sign of security personnel that might let her in if she showed her ID. As suspected, the financial situation at Larimar Springs meant there were none. Frustrated, she headed for her car.

Then she got an idea.

The company server could be accessed via her iPhone, allowing her to open the employee roster. Surely an employee might live close. Not a sure thing, but certainly worth trying.

Bingo!

One of her lab assistants, Lucy Patrick, lived less than two miles away.

Juliet checked her watch. Convincing herself ten thirty was not too late to call, she went ahead and dialed. She didn’t have much choice.

A female picked up. “Hello?”

A plane cut through the dark sky overhead, the undercarriage lights flashing in the chilly night sky. “Is this Lucy?”

“Yes.”

“This is Dr. Ryan. I’m afraid I’ve misplaced my access card and need to retrieve a file from my office. I know it’s late, but could I possibly impose and come borrow yours?”

“Tonight?”

She scrunched her face, hating that she had to ask. “Uh, yes. I’m so sorry.” There would be a record of her accessing the building, should anyone choose to check. She’d die on that sword later.

“Well, sure,” Lucy said. “That’d be fine.”

A little over an hour later, she stood at the front door of Larimar Springs, took a deep breath, and swiped Lucy’s card, prompting the clicking sound that unlocked the doors. “Just as I thought. Only my card wouldn’t work,” she fumed, not liking how things were adding up.

The lobby looked much different empty and in the dark. She didn’t dare turn on the lights and illuminate the fact she was here alone. She fumbled in her bag and retrieved her car keys. On the ring was a tiny flashlight with a bright LED bulb with enough illumination to get to her office.

Thankfully, her office window faced the rear of the building. She flipped on the light and opened up her Mac.

Juliet spent all night scouring lab records and found that everything lined up for the suspect report. Not sure whether that was a good thing or not, she continued her audit for all the tests conducted well before the date on the pallet Dr. Breslin was concerned about.

The work was tedious and took hours. Every cell in her body quivered in protest, and her eyes burned like someone had poured anhydrous ethanol across her pupils. She doubted any amount of caffeine could make her feel alert.

Still, she kept on.

Despite eating up a large percent of her budget, Juliet had tightened the company’s processes to effectively safeguard bottled water from contamination. Nothing here indicated her established practices had been violated.

By the time light peeked through the windows, she’d found no discrepancies. Nothing that left her concerned, not even with the test left on her car window.

Armed with this information, she followed Dale Frissom into the meeting with Dr. Breslin, unsure how to play her findings in a way that would satisfy the investigators.

After initial greetings, she handed over copies of her audit records.

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