Page 33 of Little Dark Deeds
CHAPTER 14
Istepped into thereal estate office where Tyler worked and made my way to the front desk, where a young woman with curly red hair and a sprinkle of freckles looked up at me.Her nametag readLila.
“Hello, Lila,” I said.“I would like to speak with Tyler Seymour.Is he here?”
She shook her head.“He hasn’t been in yet today.”
I glanced at a mid-century metal sunburst clock on the wall, noting the time.It was eleven o’clock on a Monday, and given realtors often had flexible schedules, the fact he wasn’t there didn’t concern me—at first.
“Do you know when Tyler will be in today?”I asked.
“I don’t.”
She looked past me, eyeing the cars in the parking lot, and frowned.
“Is everything all right?”I asked.
“Yeah ...it’s just, Tyler often gets to work before me most days.He missed a meeting with one of his clients this morning.”
“Was the meeting important?”
“I’d say so.His client was supposed to be signing the real estate paperwork for a new house.”
“Does Tyler miss meetings like this often?”
“No, never.”
I wondered where he was and why he was a no-show.
“Did you try calling him?”I asked.
“Of course, I did.”
“And?”
“It rang a few times and then went to voicemail, so I sent him a text message.He responded, saying he was running late, and had asked Jordan to step in.”She reached out, straightening a few papers on her desk.“I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
“I shouldn’t have told you what I just did.Bad habit, I guess.I get too chatty sometimes, and it gets me in trouble.Do you want me to leave Tyler a message?”
“Will you tell him Georgiana Germaine stopped by?”
She scribbled my name down on a notepad.“Does he have your number?”
“Not yet.I’m here to talk to him about one of his clients, Tiffany Wheeler.”
“Why?”
“I’m a private investigator.”
Lila’s eyes widened.“Oh.Shoot.”
She clammed up, her focus shifting from me to the computer in front of her.
But I wasn’t finished with her yet.
“Who’s Jordan?”I asked.
