A Dangerous Love

"Are you with Yancey? Can he hear me talking?"

"Yes. I don't think so."

"What are you afraid of? Did you find something?"

"Yes." Lisa paused a moment. "Did you talk to Len?"

"Do you want me to call Len?"

"Yes." Yancey wasn't watching her, but he was watching the road so intently that she was sure he was trying to extract something from her side of the conversation. "He was at the house yesterday."

"Did something bad happen yesterday?"

For a moment Lisa was too stunned to say anything. Howard hadn't told her. But then, why would he? She was opening her mouth to respond when Yancey pulled over and stopped. Lisa stared at him, too frightened to move.

He got out and leaned down. "Let me know when you're through talking." He shut the door and walked away from the car.

"Lisa? What in the world is going on?"

Lisa put the phone back to her ear, still watching Yancey cautiously. "I don't know. He's acting funny today. I went into the building today. It's full of sculptures and paintings. I hid when this guy drove up. The man told him he needed to get rid of me and Yancey told him he'd deal with me in his own way. I don't know what he's doing, but I think it's something illegal."

"Does he know you were there?"

"I don't think so, but I think he suspects."

"Is he angry? Has he threatened you?"

"I don't know if he's angry or not. I've never seen him this way before. He won't talk to me, but he isn't slamming anything around."

A short pause. "I'm going to head out that way. I'll get Howard and call Len. Don't go back to the house."

"I have to. He'll be suspicious if I don't."

"He's already suspicious, isn't he?"

"I don't know. I'll be alright once I get my car."

"Sure, unless he forces you off the road!"

Of course. It would be the perfect opportunity. And yet, he had allowed her to talk privately. Something else was going on. The pieces of the puzzle simply didn't fit together. She came to a decision. "Look, I'm going to go back to the house and pack my things. When you guys get here, I'll leave with you."

"Lisa, you're so bull headed. Once you get away from him, stay away."