Searching for Secrets: Author Preferred Edition by Elaine L. Orr

Author:Elaine L. Orr [Orr, Elaine L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lifelong Dreams Publishing
Published: 2012-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHRISTA WONDERED IF SHE WOULD EVER FEEL SAFE at Mahaska Springs again. She tossed fitfully. One a.m. The police had assured them there was no sign of anyone near the apartment. The odor had come from a heavy glass jar that appeared to contain a mix of chemicals. Whoever had put it there had lit it by placing a twelve-inch candle upside down in the chemical. Lit, of course, when they inserted it. The officers found the stench offensive, but were unwilling to accept that it was more than an act of rowdy kids. Nonetheless, they had taken the foul-smelling jar to analyze its contents.

Kirk called Hadley and asked him to stay on top of what Hadley immediately deemed 'Kirk's chemistry project.'

After the day she'd had, she should be able to sleep. Christa sat up and propped the two pillows behind her head. Her body was tired, but her mind raced, its energy kindled in part by the man on the sleeper sofa in her living room. Kirk had wanted them both, plus Frances and Amy, to go to a hotel, but the two women had insisted on remaining in their respective apartments. Frances felt Amy would never feel safe if they were to leave on such short notice. She was willing to arrange a sleepover for the next few days with some long-time friends, but she wouldn't budge this night. Christa used Brandy as her excuse, but the bottom line was no thugs were running her out of her own home.

Her home, in which Kirk Reynolds was sleeping, just yards from her bed. She gently raised her arm with the cast and turned on the small lamp by her bed. The doctor had said each day would bring marked improvement, and he was right.

In the top drawer of the small nightstand were a notepad and pen. Christa began to list what she knew and what she wanted to know about what had happened the last few days. She knew someone wanted her computers' hard drives. She didn't know who wanted them but she had an idea why. She knew the first person to try to steal them was Chas Johnson, but she didn't know how he was connected to the people who kidnapped Amy or stole the computer from her apartment.

She paused, pen in mid-air. But somebody knew more about him. He had been a computer science major at the University of Iowa. She started a third list, which she labeled “to do tomorrow.” The she crossed off tomorrow and wrote today. Wednesday already. Only two days before the thieves made whatever delivery they had to make. She wrote “talk to Chas Johnson's friends.”

She and Kirk knew the account number at Heartland, unless of course the cipher's creator had used a different key for the account number than the dates. But, without a statement or check, there was no way to access the account. She pondered that for a moment, then sat up straighter in bed. No one asked for identification when you made a deposit.

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