18 - The Ally

Chloe sits at her dining table in her kitchen deep in thought while she switches on her laptop. Eventually, she got curtains and hung it in front of every window except those in the attic. Damn! She forgot to get latches for those windows. The curtains look lovely against the backdrop of pine wood and the bamboo blinds and perfectly match the trophies in the sitting room. They have different hues of brown and mustard with a bushveld effect with the Big Five of Africa’s wildlife proudly standing amongst the bushes and trees. She couldn’t hang and admire them more hurriedly because something drove her towards her laptop. Lyle’s words agitate her from the time she has left the hospital. She needs help as quickly as possible and she is going to use the laptop to search for a private detective that could help her. She has little confidence in the police and hopes to find a detective that can give immediate, personal attention. Chloe never before had the need for something like this and sh