Promise Forever by Christine Bush

Author:Christine Bush
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Published: 2013-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

During the next two days, Frankie made the best of a bad situation. The bad news was that there was no new evidence uncovered about Rose's disappearance, the Ghants' death, or the identity of the culprits who had threatened Frankie.

The good news was that life passed more or less peacefully. There were no more mysterious telephone calls, and no violent attacks. Rose's parents had been contacted about her disappearance. When she had not reappeared after being gone for a few days, their original belief that she had just "taken off" had changed to one of concern. Hearing the information about the Ghants and their possible connection to Rose had really shaken them. They had agreed, though not wholeheartedly, to the FBI's request to keep a low profile about Rose's disappearance while they did a preliminary investigation. But like Frankie, they were less than satisfied with the results of the initial FBI efforts.

Frankie continued to work during the day at the police department, usually under Joe's watchful eye. When he was not available, he assigned an officer to stay with her.

She concentrated on her articles, making her telephone calls for information, and working diligently at the computer. In the evening, she and Joe would escape to an out of the way place and enjoy a quiet dinner, and then spend time together at his house, where she was staying. Her uncle, while not entirely approving of his niece staying with a "man," saw a lot of reason in having her in the presence of the police chief. He was very disturbed about the threats to Frankie. The days passed.

One evening they spent the time emptying boxes filling his bookshelves in his study. Frankie was amazed and delighted to see his taste in books. He read everything from adventure and horror stories to mysteries, from contemporary fiction to classics. He had a shelf full of text books from his college years, and a stack of aged National Geographies that dated back to his boyhood.

As well as being a writer, Frankie was an avid reader of the written word. She had spent many an hour during her childhood alone, and books had been her greatest friends. It pleased her that Joe had a collection of so many books too.

They spent another evening poring over the photographs and old news clips about the town hall that she was reviewing for her series. His sharp eye and perceptive mind were great assets in assisting her to assemble her articles. The comparisons and contrasts she had uncovered led to several enthusiastic arguments about progress and technology. The debated the benefits and losses from each stage of life in the past 100 years. Both vocal and opinionated, they often didn't agree. They did, however, have a growing respect for each other's ability to make a point.

By the third day of her "captivity" as she dubbed it, Frankie was finding that being protected had its serious shortcomings. She longed to take a walk in the park. She longed for the teasing and insults that usually were hurled around the newsroom.

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