Thank you Blackburn. Have to read as we go!
InuGhost; I'm not sure what kind of comments Artie's video would get. Heh fun to think of though!
Thanks SunKrux. I have corrected those errors. Thank you. Sharp eye as always! ;)
Now, lets see what set off that alarm at the B & B.
A 1959 red Jaguar slid sideways to a stop in front of Leena's Bed and Breakfast. If there was anyone else behind the wheel but Artie, Leena would have been hoarse from screaming, but she knew how well he drove his car so she focused on gripping the car door and on the alarm that was set off at the Bed and Breakfast.
Leena jumped out of the Jaguar before the dust cleared. Artie quickly followed. Everything looked calm from the outside. "Stay here." Artie said automatically as he wielded his Tesla.
Leena balked. "No way Artie. We go in together." Artie opened his mouth to order her to stay in the car when Leena reached out and tapped the box in his pocket. He flinched at the dull thud transmitted behind his ear. "You're not one hundred percent. We go together." She turned and marched up to the front door. The aging agent rubbed the back of his ear. He had nearly forgotten how uncharacteristically tough Leena could be when what she loved was threatened.
At the front door Artie pulled Leena back. He got in front of her and examined the door. There didn't seem to be any obvious signs of forced entry on the door or front windows. Artie ripped a note off of the door and handed it to Leena to read while he continued to evaluate the front of the Bed and Breakfast. After a second he looked at her. "He wants an interview." She said.
"What? Who?"
She referenced the note. "Alan Crawford. He wrote the article in the paper on you."
"How do you…" Artie didn't have to finish his question before Leena answered.
"He's been calling. A lot." She sighed and looked around nervously, as if she expected the reporter to jump out of the bushes. The clairvoyant then answered Artie's next question too. "You've been so busy with the case. It was just a persistent reporter, I can handle a few phone calls." She looked at him with worry and regret. "I guess he got tired of me telling him no."
Artie nodded with sympathy in his eyes. He suppressed the growing anger in his stomach and focused on the door sliding his key into the dead bolt, but it wasn't locked. "I locked the bolt when I left." Leena said with a tinge of panic. "Artie, I know I did."
He nodded. "Ok." He knew that meant that someone had been there and opened the door, he figured probably the nosy reporter. With all of the possibilities in his line of work, Artie couldn't afford to take any chances. Sliding his key into the door handle, he unlocked the front door and entered, Tesla raised.
A quick search revealed that everything was quiet at the Bed and Breakfast. After Artie cleared both floors, Leena went through again to make sure that everything was in order. He was resetting the Warehouse alarm when Leena returned. He didn't have to see her aura to know that she was upset.
The clairvoyant turned on Artie. "Someone was in here! In my place!" Artie flinched more at the panic that edged her voice than from the sharp vibrations shooting up his neck. "Artie, what are we going to do about this?" She glared at him in a way that Mrs. Fredrick would be proud of.
"Claudia and I will put up additional security."
"Artie, this guy broke in! A couple of motion sensors aren't going to stop him."
The agent frowned. He knew that she was right. This reporter crossed the line. He walked up to Leena and took the note from her. "I'll just have to change his mind then."