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Are You Afraid Of The Dark :: Sheldon Sidney
Страница: 147 из 173" "Did you notice anything in the last few months that seemed strange? I mean, any change in the way he acted or what he said?" Yvonne avoided her eyes. "I'm not sure… I mean…" Kelly said earnestly, "Whatever you say now can't hurt him. And it might help me understand what happened." Kelly steeled herself to ask the next question. "Did he ever talk about Olga?" Yvonne looked at her, puzzled. "Olga? No." "You don't know who she was?" "I have no idea." Kelly felt a sense of relief. She leaned forward. "Yvonne, is there something you're not telling me?" "Well…" The waiter came up to their table. "Bonjour, mesdames. Bienvenue au Ciel de Paris. Je m'appelle Jacques Brion. Notre chef de cuisine a prepare quelques specialites pour le dejeuner d'aujourd'hui. Avez-vous fait votre choix?" "Oui, monsieur. Nous avons choisi le Chateaubriand pour deux." When the waiter left, Kelly looked at Yvonne. "You were saying…?" "Well, in the last few days before-before he died, Mr. Harris seemed very nervous. He asked me to get him a plane ticket to Washington, D.C." "I know about that. I thought it was just a routine business trip." "No. I think it was something very unusual-something urgent." "Do you have any idea what it was about?" "No. Everything suddenly became very secret. That's all I know." Kelly quizzed Yvonne for the next hour, but there was nothing Yvonne could add.
When they had finished their lunch, Kelly said, "I would like you to keep this meeting confidential, Yvonne." "You don't have to worry about that, Mrs. Harris. I won't tell a soul." Yvonne stood up. "I have to get back to work." Her lips trembled. "But it won't be the same." "Thank you, Yvonne." Who was Mark going to see in Washington? And there had been the strange phone calls from Germany and Denver and New York.
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KELLY TOOK THE elevator down to the lobby. I'll give Diane a call and see what she's found out. MaybeAs Kelly reached the front entrance of the building, she saw them. There were two large men, one on each side of the door. They looked at her, then grinned at each other. As far as Kelly knew, there was no other nearby exit. Could Yvonne have betrayed me?
The men started moving toward Kelly, roughly pushing past the people coming in and out of the building.
Kelly looked around frantically and pressed against the wall. Her arm was bumping something hard.
She looked at it, and as the two men moved closer, Kelly picked up the little hammer attached to the fire alarm unit on the wall, broke the glass, and the fire alarm clanged throughout the building.
Kelly yelled, "Fire! Fire!" There was instant panic.
When they had finished their lunch, Kelly said, "I would like you to keep this meeting confidential, Yvonne." "You don't have to worry about that, Mrs. Harris. I won't tell a soul." Yvonne stood up. "I have to get back to work." Her lips trembled. "But it won't be the same." "Thank you, Yvonne." Who was Mark going to see in Washington? And there had been the strange phone calls from Germany and Denver and New York.
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KELLY TOOK THE elevator down to the lobby. I'll give Diane a call and see what she's found out. MaybeAs Kelly reached the front entrance of the building, she saw them. There were two large men, one on each side of the door. They looked at her, then grinned at each other. As far as Kelly knew, there was no other nearby exit. Could Yvonne have betrayed me?
The men started moving toward Kelly, roughly pushing past the people coming in and out of the building.
Kelly looked around frantically and pressed against the wall. Her arm was bumping something hard.
She looked at it, and as the two men moved closer, Kelly picked up the little hammer attached to the fire alarm unit on the wall, broke the glass, and the fire alarm clanged throughout the building.
Kelly yelled, "Fire! Fire!" There was instant panic.