Week 486 – Could this be the break they’ve been looking for?

“What package?” Bronx demanded, shoving out of his chair and making Bridget startle.

Glaring at his cousin, Brad turned his attention back to the woman sitting beside him, and gave her fingers a gentle squeeze. “Can you tell us about the package?”

“I like shopping. Online or in store,” Bridget explained, chewing on her bottom lip like she was going to be punished for the admission. “So I buy a lot of stuff. About a month ago this package showed up, only it wasn’t anything I had ordered.”

“How do you know?” Beckett asked.

“Well …” After more lip chewing she continued. “Its geeky I know, but I keep a spreadsheet of all items I have on order that haven’t arrived, and this one wasn’t on my list.”

“What as it?” he asked. Could this be the break they’ve been looking for?

“It was a purse. It had a note, it said that it was being sent anonymously by a friend because they knew I’d been having a rough time lately, and I had been. I thought it was my friends from book club because its totally the kind of thing they’d do.”

“Did you use the purse?” Bronx asked.

“Umm, yeah, I did.”

“Were you using it when they tried to grab you at the shopping mall?” Brad asked, a sinking feeling in his gut.

“Yeah, I was. Its this purse,” Bridget replied, pointing to the pastel pink leather bag sitting on his coffee table. “Why? What’s wrong?” she asked, her confused but worried glance bouncing between the three of them.

Before he could answer her, someone began shooting at his house.