Chapter Seventeen
It was late by the time I signed-off with Sir Harry, but I wanted to touch base with Leah and Anna. I knew Leah would still be at the newspaper, so I called her first and filled her in on my activities up to that point—coming up empty in my attempt to locate the Baumgardners and after speaking with Silverton’s widow, playing wait-and-see with the information Cheryl Earley said she would collect from the UCMC archive and finally, about generating more questions than answers in my conversation with Sir Harry. Once finished, I had even more mixed feelings about my accomplishments than when I started. For my efforts, had I made any progress?
Surprisingly, Leah reacted more positively than I would have expected. “Wow, you’ve actually gotten quite a bit of legwork done, Ajax.
