“Dillan?” I turned toward another woman, one who looked nearly as frazzled as Katia had.
“Where is she? What happened?”
“I don’t know.” She waved for me to follow her and led me to one of the side offices. She bent down and picked up a wrinkled note while telling me the same story Katia had.
I studied the note carefully. The harsh line at the bottom made my stomach bottom out. I crumpled the note in fury.
“Someone kept her from saying where she was going.”
Linda must have already known this, but hearing it made her collapse into her chair in tears.
“What’s going on?” The man, who had obviously taken up following me, asked. At least this time he seemed more worried than irritated.
I turned to look at him, wondering if he would be of any help. I noticed a younger man looking nervous as he stood off to the side. I pointed at him.
“Chris?” He nodded. “What did Fiona say before she left?”
He repeated it back nearly verbatim, as though he had been reciting it in his head to make sure he got the message right.
From the corner of my eye, I saw the elevator man getting confused. “She went to lunch with a client and was going to check out his system. What’s the big deal? We do this all the time.”
My anger turned on him and he flinched. “Fiona is missing, that is the big deal. She left a trail of clues behind, informing her secretary to get a hold of me.”
“And exactly who are you?” He didn’t seem to quite believe me yet.
“Her boyfriend.” I spat through my teeth.
The man opened his mouth and then closed it, not sure what to say to that. I noticed that Chris looked a little glum. That was telling.
“I have connections she didn’t want the firm to know about. She loves her job. Now tell me about this client.”
“He, uh,” the elevator man licked his lips nervously, finally starting to catch up. “He requested a meeting, said he thought someone hacked his system.”
“You were in the meeting?”
“Yes, finding culprits is my domain. I asked for Fiona’s help because I wanted to see her in action.”
I smirked. “She is the best. What happened next?” We were drawing a crowd, but I didn’t care.
