Chapter 8.
Back at the Torch, Chloe called Clark only to find he wasn't answering his phone. She wondered if he'd manage to unearth anything new that might help solve this mystery. There was also the matter of Mr Grady being evasive. He'd claimed an invasion of privacy when they began questioning him but Chloe's instincts were telling her something else. She just couldn't pin down what.
"Lo, please don't hate me but I need to head to Summerholt and you need to wait here," said Chloe while Lois was again looking at the Wall of Weird hoping to maybe find some more clues.
Lois turned around sharply. "What!"
"I can't take you to Summerholt before the Sheriff speaks to you. She thought you might have taken the money and handed it to an accomplice. Now I backed you up and said you'd never do such a thing, but she still had her doubts. If she can't find you when she wants to talk, she might think you really were in on it."
Lois was indignant. "So what am I supposed to do while I wait here?"
"I'm sorry! Look, it'll take me about an hour to get to Summerholt. If I find anything I'll call you. I'm leaving my email open so I can forward anything I do find if I get the chance. Clark should be here soon, and then there's the Sheriff," Chloe explained.
Lois sat down on the edge of the desk despondent. She really wanted to get to the bottom of this and sitting around waiting was not the done thing for Lois Lane.
Chloe tried to put a positive spin on the situation. "Lois, normally I would love it if you could join me in snooping around but for just this once, I need you to sit tight. Please?"
Lois relented somewhat reluctantly.
"Fine. You and Clark had better turn up with something though. It's not like I know where to go. I hardly know my way around these halls."
Chloe grabbed her bag and walked out of the office as Lois went back to the Wall of Weird and sighed. This whole thing was nuts.
"A girl who can control bees? Please, as if!" she scoffed.