Today’s
excerpt is from The Tickleton Affair, Book #5 of the Janitors Series. Two “Tickletons” are missing. Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
After Marty and
Janet landed at the private airport they sought, they rented a car and drove to
the plant of Buchanan Industries. When
they arrived, they were passed through the security apparatus there, and Janet
was treated nearly as royalty.
They soon met
Nancy and—after a few seconds of polite conversation, during which time first
names were agreed to—Nancy drew Janet into a private office. “Jan, I’d really like to talk a bit more, but
we have a problem. The Army is here to
transport fifty items, and there are two missing from the container.”
“What kind of
‘items’?”
Janet looked
confused for a moment. Then the light
dawned. “Oh, the things we insure, that
we have no idea what we have insured.”
“Yes.”
“Uh, how did
they come to be missing?”
“I have no
idea. As I said, the Army is here to
transport them and they were all there on Friday when we left the plant. Two are now missing.”
Janet put her
hand to her mouth and lightly rubbed her lips as she briefly digested what she
had just heard. “Could they have been
stolen?”
“Yes and
no. Yes, they were obviously stolen, but
they are still in the plant somewhere.”
“How can you be
sure of that?”
“I can’t tell
you. Part of our security system.”
“Oh, come
on. Not knowing what the ‘items’ are one
thing, but the security system is another matter altogether.”
“Dang it, I wish
Arn was here. I should probably call
him, but if I do he’ll get up out of the hospital and come running down here
against doctor’s orders. Look, Jan, the
deal is there’s something in the ‘items’ that will set off all sorts of alarms
if someone tries to leave with them. The
section of the plant where they’re made is sealed off in such a way that they
can’t even get out of that area without setting off alarms. Only Arn and I can shut down the security
system for them even to be transported out of there by the Army. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I really have to
start a search for them. I’m sorry, you
can’t accompany me to that area.”
Janet scratched
her head. “Okay. Want me to wait here, or with Marty and the
two FBI guys?”
“Whatever suits
you is fine.”
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