Broken Trust (Missing in Action Trilogy Book 1) by H. B. Rae

was right and all he was able to do was nod. Sheila took another step forward and he noticed how she hesitated. It was as if she wanted to comfort him in such a way that would make everything awkward and she finally took a step back. “I will be back,” she said as she left.
    ***
    She walked down to the elevator and stepped inside. It was cramped because the janitor was in here. He wore ratty clothing, but despite that, he was clean shaven and he stood tall and proud. She had noticed him several times and she knew that there was something more to this man than what met the eye.
    As they were riding down, he got off at the floor above her own and she headed into the lobby. Tom was not there today and she knew what had happened. It was a sad thought and it was one that she had to immediately push to the back of her mind.
    Stepping outside she was looking around the building. She knew where all the cameras were for the next two blocks and she walked down to one of the phone booths. Putting her hands in her pockets she was feeling around for loose change and finally found some.
    She dialed a number she had memorized back when she was twenty and now she was finally making the call.
    “This is Benjamin Kingsley,” he said into the phone. He had a deep voice and she had only met him in person once before. He was one of those men you would see on the street and you knew you had to avoid him. It was just the way he carried himself, but he had to do as such and she knew that.
    “This is Sheila Awret,” she said into the line. “I have a favor to ask you. Would you be able to meet me?”
    “Of course Miss Awret. I will see you within the hour.”
    She heard as he disconnected the line and began walking. Benjamin Kingsley had proven himself more than useful and she knew she could trust him with everything. He had after all protected her back when the accident happened. However, he knew it was not an accident.
    She made it to the building down the street. It was an old post office that had been around since the town had first originated. She knew this place had been designed as a fortress and it being a post office was just its own façade. It did double as something else and it was something no one else thought it would be.
    Walking inside, she went to the post office boxes. She made her way down to where the door was. On her key ring was the only key she needed and she inserted it into the door. She heard a click as it unlocked and pushed the door open. For the moment she was alone and she knew that she had to sit and wait.
    It didn’t take him long to arrive and he took a seat as well. This room was used for other post office boxes and only a few people had access to it. Most of the people that used this room had something to do with witness protection and the reason they used a room that looked to be like a storage closet was to protect others.
    “What do I owe the pleasure?”
    Sheila felt as if her throat was dry but she spoke. “I need to know who Olivia and James Shapiro are along with Marissa Hughes.”
    Her eyes were studying his face and she was not surprised when he did not show any form of emotion or recognition. That was his job after all and she was waiting for him to speak. He needed to give her some information.
    “How do you know them?”
    “Mrs. Shapiro and Marissa contacted my employer the other day and they are wanting to go ahead and find out where Mr. Shapiro disappeared to. Everything is sealed and we are unable to obtain the information we need to do a proper investigation.”
    He moved around uncomfortably for a moment and nodded. “I do not like divulging this information to you, or to anyone else for that matter, especially not without the proper clearance, but I trust you Miss Awret. I will help you, but I will limit your knowledge.”
    Sheila nodded. Any bit of information would be able to help at this point. He began to tell her the story.

 

Chapter 9
     
    John was sitting in the office