Chapter 27
The message came on their third day in New York, while Riley and April were sitting in the food court of the Museum Natural of History. They were eating hot dogs loaded with a variety of toppings. Riley was startled to see that her buzzing cell phone showed a text from Lucy.
“Sorry to bother U on vacation. Call if U can.”
Riley’s interest was piqued.
“What is it, Mom?” April asked Riley.
“It’s Lucy—I mean Agent Vargas. You met her the night we had the break-in.”
April looked intrigued. Riley hadn’t seen that look of honest interest on April’s face since they’d arrived in the city.
They’d been doing all the obligatory tourist things—visiting the Statue of Liberty, going to the top of the Empire State Building, and taking in a Broadway matinee. Still shaken from her ordeal,
