House of Tarot Cards by Alfred M. Albers

Author:Alfred M. Albers [Albers, Alfred M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0-7414-9049-8
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2009-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

32

John wrote another report for Jeannie and then downloaded the pictures onto a CD. When he finished, he told Stella about his early morning adventure with Dave.

“What? You’re lucky you weren’t killed!”

Stella was upset.

“Look, I know you want to help, but don’t you think it’s getting a little crazy, now?”

She paused a moment.

“I take it you haven’t called Jeannie, have you?”

“No; I wanted you to hear it from me, rather than hearing me tell her over the phone.”

Stella stared at John.

“I’m worried,” she finally said.

“I’m hoping the license plate number will expedite things.”

“And what if it doesn’t? What happens if the license plate is bogus? What then?”

“I would hope that the Police Department will hold up Sergeant Broder’s retirement and persuade him to ask Michelle to come in voluntarily. It may be the only way to flush out this guy.”

“And if Michelle doesn’t agree?”

“She has nothing to lose; it’s a win-win situation for her. But, I think there’s a way to sweeten the offer.”

“What is that?”

“I need to search her house again”

“In spite of what happened you’re not going to quit, are you?” Stella finally asked.

John didn’t answer. He didn’t have to; Stella knew the answer.

“All right, John. Just promise me you’ll be careful.”

“I will.”

John placed his report and the CD into a manila envelope and then called Jeannie. They agreed to meet inside the Princess Anne Post Office at 2:00 p.m.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Jeannie was ten minutes late.

“Sorry, John; I was just about to head out the door when I ran into Sergeant Gonzales. I said to him, ‘Gonzo, if you watched the various news broadcasts on television each day you wouldn’t have to read about it a month later.’ I got a quizzical look from him so I pointed to the magazines he was holding. He laughed and then he told me that the magazines were for a marketing class he was enrolled in at Virginia Beach Community College. They were learning how advertisements are written to entice people to buy a company’s product.”

“Well, that explains the other day,” John said.

“Yes, it does. What do you have for me?”

He briefly recapped the incident and told her what was in the envelope.

“I’m ready to go back to Michelle’s house whenever you have some free time.”

“Meet me there on Friday at 10 o’clock.”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.