A young spy and a young cop-chapter 4.2

Back at the hotel, Natalia flopped down on her bed, thinking. This Robin Carlo was obviously high up on the totem pole, as was signified by his manner and his estate. Shirley Carlo also was not what she appeared. She was too good of an actress, and there was something that was just a little too old-fashioned and polished about her. Also, the way her and Robin interacted wasn’t quite like brother and sister. Natalia sat up as a thought struck her. David had said that Robin’s former secretary had been his girlfriend. There was sure to be something on her somewhere. If she was still alive, then she could quite possibly tell Natalia something about Robin. The more she thought on it, the more the idea had merit. She slipped on some slippers and pulling on a robe, walked over to David’s room.

“It’s a possibility.” David said musingly, when Natalia had told him. “I’ll dig into it more tomorrow and see what I can find. Maybe you’ll be able to get him to talk about her as well.” He added, and Natalia nodded.

“There’s something here I can’t put my finger on.” Natalia said, her eyes distant, and then she went back to her own room, still thinking.

While all of this had been happening to Natalia, Lily had been busy. The posters had been put up, and almost instantly, a store clerk had come in to the police station saying that he had seen that girl in the store. Lily went back to the conversation in her head.

“Are you sure this is the girl you saw?”

“Yep. She bought a box of hair dye and some scissors. Said she was goin to a costume party.”

“Is that all she said?”

“Yep.”

Lily sighed and rubbed her head. Whoever or whatever this girl was, she was good. All they had was the fact that she had bought a box of blond hair dye. Several others had said that they had seen a girl with blond chin length hair, who’s face looked a lot like Natalia’s, but there were a lot of blond girls out there. Lily groaned. There had to be some way to find this girl. Lily had never, ever seen any girl of any age that was this good at….disappearing. This girl had training of some sort, from somewhere. The question was, from who and where and when and why. She had to find Natalia, and she had to get some answers from her. Had to. Lily started up as an idea occurred to her. Shirley Carlo was working as a police informant, but she got around. A lot. She might have seen Natalia, or know someone who had. Lily reached for her phone and dialed a number.