Chapter 17
Cam picked up the phone and pressed the number Carlos had given her.
The phone was picked up but no one said anything. It switched to an answering machine.
“Carlos,” she began, “This is Laura Stuard. I’ve just moved into the Intercontinental and I need some…supplies. Might I send the boy to pick them up?”
She waited. She was just about to hang up when she heard, “Laura, I’m surprised to hear from you so soon. You’re not still staying at the embassy with your friends?”
“No,” she chuckled. “They don’t exactly approve of my lifestyle. They asked me to leave.”
“A pity,” Carlos sympathized with her. “So now you’re all alone in a strange city?”
“No, not really,” Cam said, “The boy chose to come with me.”
“Ah…I see,” he said with a smile in his voice. “That’s very fortunate for
