21
I dialed the Mystic Eye. Cheryl answered on the first ring. "Why didn’t you tell me?"
"Tell you what, Julia?"
"About my grandmother and her friend."
"Uh . . .well, I just assumed you knew what was going on. Your grandmother seemed very mysterious about it all. But it’s no problem. Nina seems like a lovely, elderly lady. I set her up in my guest room."
I shook my head. "What Gloria didn’t tell you is that the police are looking for this woman all over town. Her daughter’s livid and barged into Gloria’s house, accusing her of harboring her mother and insisting the police search Gloria’s and Kuan’s apartments."
"Julia! Honestly, I had no idea."
"I’m sure you didn’t. I just hope Gloria doesn’t get charged with anything."
"I hope I don’t either. Maybe Nina should call her daughter an
