Chapter Twelve
Gstaad
By the following Tuesday, agent Groff was becoming concerned that she hadn’t heard from Bibi for three days. She was sure that this meant something, but the last contact the two had did not indicate that anything was wrong or that either was any closer to finding a clue to Lucy’s fate. On Wednesday, Groff flew, at client expense of course, to Gstaad and visited the major hotels. She was not surprised to discover that Lucy and Fabian had in fact stayed at one of the top hotels, the Palace, not the Grand, as Ernst stated. She was even more pleased to discover, after offering a substantial incentive of a hundred Swiss Francs, that Marian Garano, the hotel photographer, recognized Lucy and her handsome male partner. Groff wasn’t surprised either, after she saw the photo
