Chapter 28 – A Slight Deception
As if she was clairvoyant, Hannah showed up at the store. Mama started babbling out the whole story and I let her then I showed them both the paperwork.
The three of us pored over it and, against my better judgment, a plan formed.
I went home to research the man that apparently ran the show, Vasily Arnoff. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen. I got an address for him and a Lucetra Arnoff, his wife, that was in Bexley, a swanky, old money Columbus near suburb, just out of downtown. I was trying to dig a little more information up on her when my cell phone rang.
I glanced at the number – Russ.
“Hey Dana,” he started right in when I answered, “I haven’t heard from you. I thought you’d give me a call yesterday on Bakula.”
“I intended to,” I lied, “but some n
