Giving in to an impulse to stop in at Gia’s, Jack stepped off the N train at the Fifty-ninth Street station and walked over to Sutton Square. He hadn’t seen her all day.
He had a key but he knocked anyway. And knocked again when she didn’t answer. Odd. He saw lights on inside.
He used his key and entered. When he saw that the alarm was armed he knew Gia wasn’t home. He punched in the code and stood in the foyer wondering where she could be. He’d told her he wouldn’t make dinner so maybe she’d gone out by herself. But dinner alone in a restaurant … that wasn’t Gia.
He stepped down the hall to the kitchen to see if she’d left him a note but stopped cold when he found one of Lyle’s Ifasen brochures on the counter instead.
Aw, no. She’d promised she’d stay away from that place. Had she … ?
He picked up the phone, hit REDIAL, and eventually heard Lyle’s outgoing message.
That was it. She was heading for Menelaus Manor. Could be there already.
Jack dashed for the front door. He didn’t like this. Gia wouldn’t break a promise without a damn good reason. Something was very wrong.