Page 125 of Fierce-Zander

“Thanks,” he said and walked into Trent’s office across the hallway.

“Hi, Zander,” Janine said. “What can I help you with?”

“That guy that just came in here. Was he asking if you’ve seen a blonde with glasses?”

“Yes,” Janine said. “I don’t know who it was but told him even if I did I couldn’t tell him. Trent’s not here, which is good or bad. Not sure how you look at it. I’m assuming he was in your office too?”

“He was,” he said. “I said the same thing. I don’t like it though. If he comes back, let me know right away. Make sure you tell Trent too.”

“Is that a client of yours?” Janine asked.

“No, but let Trent know and have him come see me or Regan.”

“Oh,” Janine said.

He didn’t say anything and went right into Regan’s office.

“Is she in with someone?” he asked Miles.

“On a video call for another five minutes,” Miles said. “Anything I can help you with? I hope.”

It was the wiggle of Miles’s eyebrows that had him laughing. He could see how Betsy and Miles got along so well.

“No,” he said. “Can you send her over to see me right away? Actually. He pulled his phone out. Is this Sophia?”

Miles looked at the picture and then up to him. “You know I can’t tell you those things.”

“You said enough,” he said. “Send Regan over right away.”

“Is Regan in danger?” Miles asked. It was the panicked look in Miles’s eyes that reminded him why Regan was always so strong in the office. He’d follow her lead.

“No,” he said. “But I want to let her know what is going on.”

He went back to his office and returned to work. Twenty minutes later he was ready to bolt out of his chair when she finally walked in and shut the door.

“Miles said you needed to see me.”

“What took you so long? He said your call was ending fifteen minutes ago.”

She lifted an eyebrow at him. “It went a few minutes over and I wrote my notes,” she said. “Not that I need to explain that to you. But I’ve got ten minutes before my next appointment.”

He pulled his phone out and tossed it to her. “I know this is Sophia.”

“I can’t tell you one way or another.”

“You’ve got a good poker face, but I don’t care. I know. The head of security for the company that you hired me to look into showed up here asking if we have seen her.”

Regan’s face paled. “Is she in danger?”

“I don’t know,” he said. “I’m more worried about you. We are done with this. Right? I told you that.”

“You did. My next appointment is actually with Sophia.”

“She’s coming to the building?” he asked. “Call and cancel. My father saw the man had left the building, but that doesn’t mean he’s not still sitting somewhere in the parking lot. We saw the vehicle he was in drive out but not leaving the grounds completely as the cameras don’t extend that far.”

“She’s not coming into the office,” Regan said. “It’s a video call.”

“Okay,” he said. “You need to let her know what is going on. Add that to the report. I just did. It’d be wise if she left that job because whatever she might have seen or is worried about, they have reason to wonder why she is in this building. They went into Trent’s office next. I told Janine to have Trent come see me and we’ll get you.”

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