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After taking a long slug of coffee, she pulled open the top left drawer of her desk and reached inside without looking It here she always placed her recorder and when her fingers didn’t autoh the contents of the drawer confirmed her worst fears The recorder wasn’t there

She bit back an excla up all her tiht It had been almost nine o’clock when she’d finally left the office Scrunching her forehead, sheher list Then what?

I’m sure I put the recorder in the drawer

If that was the case, where was it now? Bree had locked the gallery doors last night and opened theotten into her office No one had any reason to Even if they had, ould they re else?

The ansas si tricks on her, fooling her into thinking that, because she always followed a certain routine, she had done it again last night Clearly, she had put the recorder somewhere else The question waswhere?

Huffing out a breath, she drank the rest of her coffee while eht have picked up the recorder with her cell phone Even as she did, she reallery

Reassuringemails

Briefly, she rested her chin on her hand and gazed at the screensaver on her laptop It was a view across the valley fro sunlight glinted on the snow-covered fields of the CC Far s that made the resort such a popular tourist destination

Normally, the tranquil scene soothed her However, today, it made her feel restless It was a re eh the anonymous sender had called her hateful nae had gone deeper You Coltons are only good for using and taking advantage of those who are less fortunate

Furthermore, the sender had said that if she had any sense, she would pack her bags and head back to her life of privilege on her parents’ farm If she didn’t? The es of ould happen to her if she ignored the warnings

Small wonder she had lost concentration and mislaid her recorder It was a htly inconvenient She could remember what she needed to do today It was just