Long Time Gone (2005)
Long Time Gone
“I called downstairs to the lobby. “It’s Beaumont,” I said. “On 25. I understand you have a package for me?”
“Yup,” Fred Tompkins, the night-shift doorman, replied. “A cardboard box. Want me to bring it up?”
“Is there a name on it?”
“It says ‘Andrew Howard, Insurance Associates.’ ”
“Yes, please,” I said. “Bring it up.”
“That person on the phone,” Heather said when I hung up. “The one you were talking to before…”
“Mel Soames?”
“She’s the one who caused all this,” Heather said bitterly. “If she ha...dn’t been talking to Dillon after the funeral, none of this would have happened.”
“Talking to Dillon is Mel’s job,” I said. “She’s one of the investigators charged with finding out what happened to your mother. The person who started all this is the one who murdered Rosemary Peters.”
Heather shook her head and looked unconvinced.
“Let me ask you a question, Heather. Have you given any thought as to why Dillon was so frantic to get you to Canada?”MoreLess
“Yup,” Fred Tompkins, the night-shift doorman, replied. “A cardboard box. Want me to bring it up?”
“Is there a name on it?”
“It says ‘Andrew Howard, Insurance Associates.’ ”
“Yes, please,” I said. “Bring it up.”
“That person on the phone,” Heather said when I hung up. “The one you were talking to before…”
“Mel Soames?”
“She’s the one who caused all this,” Heather said bitterly. “If she ha...dn’t been talking to Dillon after the funeral, none of this would have happened.”
“Talking to Dillon is Mel’s job,” I said. “She’s one of the investigators charged with finding out what happened to your mother. The person who started all this is the one who murdered Rosemary Peters.”
Heather shook her head and looked unconvinced.
“Let me ask you a question, Heather. Have you given any thought as to why Dillon was so frantic to get you to Canada?”MoreLess
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