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19-09-2020, 03:26 PM
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Sara was a broadminded young lady but was a little shocked at what she'd just read about her boss. She screwed the paper back up, returned it to Gerald's desk, then went back to her own desk leaving the door as she had found it.
Meanwhile Gerry left the gallery and went back to his flat to think.
It was now obvious to him that the demand notes were written by Claude who knew the details about his past crime.Gerry's mind went back fifteen or so years to that unforgettable night in France when, in Paris on a business trip for his boss he found himself looking for company and made the mistake of entering Harry's Bar.
There he met an interesting guy named Jonas, who, like himself, had a passion for art. They were drinking and chatting together at the bar when a gang of youths looking for trouble sauntered in and started throwing insults at them.They ignored them at first but, when the ringleader, Etienne, produced a hunting knife, things had got out of hand.Before Gerry knew it a fight between him and Etienne ensued with Gerry being responsible for accidently puncturing the younger man's lung. The Gendarmerie had arrived and Gerry found himself arrested and serving a sentence of five years for malicious wounding but with good behaviour, he had served three and a half years in a French jail, and the whole episode had made the headlines in several of the Paris daily newspapers. This was Gerald's past crime that was now under threat of being exposed publicly.
Gerry got up and left the flat, a look of grim determination on his face................
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22-09-2020, 07:23 PM
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Unaware of what Gerald had to hide Sara went to the library on her day off, and using the newspaper history facility started scanning for anything connected to a Gerald Turner. It wasn’t long before a newspaper headline caught her attention regarding an incident in Paris in which an English art dealer had been involved and imprisoned over. Reading the whole story she felt sorry for Gerald and made up her mind to help him catch the villains connected with the theft and ransom demands.she called on an old friend who worked in the mets unsolved crimes dept and gave him the names of the main suspects, Claude Dubois and Anna Chambers. Surprise surprise there was a reference to a Claude Dubois who was involved in an as yet unsolved scam on a casino boss. Armed with this information Sara decided to confront Gerald....
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27-09-2020, 05:33 PM
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Her chance came during an interval in the Work Shop on Sara's next day at The Gallery."She told Gerald all that she'd learnt from her old friend in the mets unsolved crimes dept. about Claude's involvement in the scamming of the owner of The Golden Sunrise and handed Gerry her friend's card with his telephone number on. Gerry lost no time in contacting him and very soon two officers were being shown into his office where he handed them the two ransom notes and appraised them of where to find Claude and Anna, who very quickly, were seen being escorted from the Gallery. The taller of the two officers returned briefly inside and told Gerald that Mr Dubois and Miss Chambers were being taken into custody and would very likely be charged with the crime of Extortion if a case against them was proved. Gerry asked when his painting would be returned and heard the good news that it should be back with him in a day or two.
Left alone Gerry made his way into Sara's office to thank her and to tell her how grateful he was with her help.He'd already made the decision to add a bonus to her next pay packet, after that nasty bang on her head, she more than deserved it! Then he told her the good news about the return of the painting.
Ten days after "Water Lillies By Moonlight" was stolen from her Sara was being shown into The Manor House where a very charming Jasper Melrose stepped forward to shake her hand and to take his long awaited picture from her."Thank you for delivering her safely to me Miss Lomax, may I offer you some refreshments.""Thank you" replied Sara giving Jasper her most radiant smile, "That would be lovely"
The End.
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27-09-2020, 07:54 PM
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Very neatly rounded off Cherie. 👍
 
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