Page 66 of The Beach Hut on Plum Island
“Her phone!” Finn pointed to it as her hand slid from her lap. He reached out and grabbed it. As he did, he saw a message on the screen:Night, night, sleeping beauty. Unpleasant dreams.His eyes widened as he looked from Gray to Dawn.
“What?” They said in unison.
Finn turned the phone so they could see. “We need Daniella.Now!”
“Finn!” A firefighter who arrived with the truck called him. “Are you coming?”
“Go!” Gray told Finn. “We’ve got this.”
“No, I can’t leave Harriet.” Finn shook his head.
“You need to get into her room and find out what she took,” Dawn stated. “She has obviously been drugged, and by the look of that message, it can’t be good.”
“You’re right.” Finn nodded. “Keep me informed.” He held up the phone. “I’m keeping this.”
“Okay,” Dawn answered and gave Finn Harriet’s password to unlock the phone while dialing Daniella. “We’ll get Harriet to the clinic.”
Gray called the bodyguards, and as Finn rushed into the hotel, Gray, Dawn, and Harriet were being rushed to the Plum Island Clinic. A few minutes later, Finn took to the top floor to check it, and the first room on his list was Harriet’s. The only thing he could find she’d had to drink was the ginger tea. He picked up the cup and bagged it along with the tea bags, honey, lemon, and orange he found she’d used.
Once the hotel was cleared and the guests were being allowed back in, Finn was about to make his way to the clinic when Harley stopped him.
“Why didn’t you call me?” Harley growled. “You know the rules, Finn. I broke them by letting you stay alone in your house.”
“There was no time. I had to respond to a fire call,” Finn explained. “I need to get to the clinic.”
“Are you hurt?” Harley frowned.
“No.” Finn shook his head. “Harriet was drugged and has been taken to the clinic.”
“What?” Harley snarled.
“She got this message.” Finn showed Harley, handing him Harriet’s phone.
Harley took it and scrolled through. “Did you see this one?” He showed Finn the first one. “It looks like she got it about an hour before the alarm went off.”
“Do you think they were trying to get to Harriet?” Finn’s eyes widened as realization dawned. “This whole fire alarm was a distraction to kidnap Harriet.”
Both their heads turned toward the clinic. “Who took Harriet to the clinic?” Harley asked.
“One of her security detail,” Finn answered. “He was the man that was there earlier when we dropped her off.”
“I know him,” Harley told Finn. “He is part of King Titus’s security team.” He looked at the phone in Finn’s hand. “May I take that. My uncle can try and trace the messages.”
“Sure.” Finn handed Harley Harriets phone. “Can we get to the clinic now?”
When they got to the clinic they found Dawn and Gray sitting in the waiting room.
“Finn,” Dawn called him as they made their way toward them.
“Is there any news?” Finn asked, looking from Dawn to Harriet.
“The new doctor who’s helping Daniella has taken Harriet’s blood work to the lab in Newbury Port with a sample of her hair,” Gray told them and looked at Dawn.
“Are you wearing scrubs?” Finn frowned.
“Harriet’s hair didn’t smell like it usually did,” Dawn explained. “Then Gray smelt her hair and we both realized that we’d smelt something similar a few years ago when Harriet knocked Murphy out on the Joyce jet so she could change course and go to Paris.”
“What?” Finn looked at them confused.
