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The six-story Fireside Retire solutions, s that so to part with Other than that, the state funded facility was clean, and looked like a pleasant place for the elderly to spend their last days The foyer led to a reception area where an older wo a baby blanket

"I would like to see Adelaide Bertrand Is she hoets very few visitors Let me call up to her room and see"

"I would rather surprise her"

"It's against the rules, I'm afraid We have to have the resident's perave her name and then prayed she wouldn't be denied when the receptionist called for permission She became further apprehensive when the receptionist repeated her na up and s down Have a seat"

"Thank you" Jackie sat in a chair and waited until she heard the elevator whine its way down to the bottom floor She stood up as soon as the door opened

With a hint of a French accent, Adelaide asked, "Are you Jackie?" She looked to be in her late sixties or early seventies, with gray hair that was close to turning pure white She was thin, but not overly so, and her shoulders were slightly bent forward

"I a me I wonder if there is someplace where we can talk in private"

"Are you froe of address"

"No, it's about another matter"

"What other matter?"

Jackie took a deep breath, noticed the receptionist was clinging to her every word, and lowered her voice "We really should talk in private"

Adelaide studied the candid look on Jackie's face for a long moment, and then e coae TV "Don't worry, ," she said, as she chose a table away from the others

"Miss Bertrand, I aia"

Adelaide's eyes widened "Does Mathew Connelly knohere I a to tell hiain searched the sincerity in Jackie's eyes and relaxed a little…but just a little

"Miss Bertrand, Georgia stands to inherit millions if we can find her Will you tell me what happened?"