Page 34 of Max's Mission

Time to call Annabeth.

Finding her phone, she called her friend.

“Hey!” Annabeth’s cheery voice picked up on the second ring. “Are you headed to the airport? It’s a little early for that, isn’t it? Your flight’s at noon, right?”

“It is, but that’s all changing. We’re still at the bank.”

“Oh, man. He took it all, didn’t he?”

“No. He added things.”

“What?” Confusion colored her tone. “Like what?”

“A journal and a key. Max left to get some gloves so we can look through the notebook. But that’s not why I’m calling. Can you get in my safe and get the list of things in my safe deposit box?”

“Sure. Let me tell Dean where I’m going.”

Margot heard Annabeth moving around. She spoke to her husband, then the door opened and closed as she walked out her back door to cross the short expanse to Margot’s house.

Another door opened and closed.

“Okay. I’m here. Where is it?”

“In my closet. Left-hand corner.”

It only took a few moments for Annabeth to move through Margot’s small house and open the closet door. In seconds, Margot heard the click of hangers sliding over the bar.

“What’s the code?”

Margot told her, then heard beeps as Annabeth input the numbers.

“All right, I’m in. What am I looking for?”

“There’s a file labeled ‘Safe Deposit M and D’.”

A short pause came over the line.

“Oh, there it is.” Annabeth blew out a breath that sounded like she was clearing hair out of her eyes. “You said the item list, right?”

“Yeah. We need to go through it. Or you can send me a picture to compare.”

“I’ll do both. We can go through it together; it’ll be faster if I read stuff off. Then I’ll text it to you, so you have it for whatever.”

“Sounds good.”

“You ready?”

“Yep.” She put the phone on speaker and set it down.

“Emerald and diamond necklace. Gold. Leaf shape. Total weight twelve carats.”

Margot stood up as she found it and moved it to the other side of the table. “Got it. What’s next?”

For the next ten minutes, they went through the list. Margot shuffled items around, and they got through all the jewelry and a few coins before Max reappeared.

“That Annabeth?” He mouthed.

Margot nodded.

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