Protecting The Boss

He didn’t argue. Instead, he reached for her phone. “There’s a number.”

“I suppose that’s why I didn’t give it a second thought before I listened to the voice mail.”

“You’re sure you don’t recognize the number?” he asked.

“It seems sort of careless, doesn’t it?” she said, her tone thoughtful. “In this day and age when everybody has caller ID, to call from a number that displays. I’m sure there are ways to block that.”

Yes. He knew a bunch of ways. And most any idiot who did some research online could figure it out, too. “Let’s do a reverse lookup.”

Using his own phone, he brought up the website and entered the number. It took just seconds. “Marta’s Deli in Los Angeles. Does that mean anything to you?”

She shook her head. “No. I mean I’ve lived in California for my whole life and I’ve certainly been to Los Angeles a bunch of times. But I don’t recall that business. Of course, I might not remember a deli. I’ve had a lot of turkey sandwiches in my time.”

Again he used his smartphone, this time to pull up the home page for Marta’s Deli. It was simple with a clean design and some nice photos of food. He clicked on the About Us tab and found a picture of Marta. “Do you know this woman?”

Again, she shook her head.

He pulled up the address. “Recognize this street?”

She shook her head. “It’s a big city.”

“Call the number,” he said.

“What if someone else answers? I don’t know who to ask for.”

“Tell whoever answers that you got a message from this number but you couldn’t understand it and you’re trying to reach whoever left it.”

“This can’t be right,” she said. “Why would someone from there—a place I’ve never been to or even heard of—call me and leave a message like that?”

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