Vanished, Ericka Stone Case #010 by Felicia Rogers

Author:Felicia Rogers [Rogers, Felicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Maggie drove and Ericka peered out the window. Maggie had lucked up and got a business to agree to share their footage without a court order. Before they changed their minds, Greg had suggested they go retrieve the footage.

Ericka would have loved to have gone with Greg. They needed to talk. But he’d said he was too tired to drive. It seemed to be a true statement. He’d closed his eyes several times while they were talking to him.

“Thank you for doing the club tonight.”

“Sure.”

“I know you really don’t like all the attention.”

Truthfully, beforehand she did hate it. But during the actual event she was in a different world. She could enjoy it under certain conditions.

“Who all did Quinn invite? That’s what’s really bothering me.” She wasn’t sure if Quinn or Maggie had done the inviting, but blaming Quinn seemed easier since he wasn’t there.

“Well, I wasn’t aware he invited anyone. I thought he said it was going to be just friends going out.”

Ericka wouldn’t add and helping Tristan with his career. But she did say, “He invited Tito.”

“Oh.”

“That oh is loaded.”

She didn’t turn, but she bit her lip. “Well, I think Greg is coming too.”

“Fantastic.”

Just what she needed. Two men she liked in the same spot watching her perform when she really didn’t want to. The last time she’d been so uncomfortable knowing that Greg was there, but that didn’t last. However, since he wasn’t really talking to her at the moment, she didn’t know what to think.

Maggie found a spot, parked, jumped out, and fed the meter. Ericka climbed out a step behind. She put her hands in her pockets and entered the jewelry store.

Before Maggie or she could speak the woman behind the counter stretched out her arm and handed them a video tape.

“Here. I pulled everything around those days. Now I have work to do, please leave. I have a buyer coming in and I really want to sell the story and get out of here. This street gets more and more unsafe by the day.”

Ericka understood, but the rudeness surprised her.

“Uh, thanks, I guess.” Maggie led the way out. “That was weird.”

“It means she watched the video.”

“You think she saw something?”

Ericka glanced over her shoulder at the window. “Maybe.”

The woman had followed them to the door and locked a deadbolt as well as another lock. Then she raced back to the counter and began packing items. Jewelry boxes were stacked in bigger boxes all while the lady kept looking out the window.

“She’s scared.”

“Really scared.” Maggie had noticed as well. “Let’s get this back to Quinn so he can find out what this has to do with the lady being so terrified.”

Ericka held the video tape in her hands. Quinn intercepted the text that they needed a VCR without question or comment. She assumed one would be there when they arrived.

“Do you think you could manage a little Ray Charles tonight?”

“Uh?’

“Tonight. Tristian plays the piano, remember?”

“I do.”

“So, maybe a little Hit the Road Jack?”

“I think I can handle that.

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