The Storage Locker
Reeks: Detective Rage Mysteries
D. E. Harrison
- Detective
- Rage
- buys
- a
- storage
- locker
- at
- an
- auction.
- She
- has
- officer
- Jones
- bring
- his
- truck
- and
- some
- extra
- folding
- money.
- She
- instructs
- him
- on
- how
- and
- when
- to
- bid
- with
- her
- by
- twirling
- her
- hair.
- A
- locker
- comes
- up
- and
- with
- some
- bidding
- Jones
- wins
- the
- auction.
- The
- fellow
- that
- lost
- tries
- to
- buy
- the
- locker
- after
- he
- gets
- some
- more
- money.
Jones
- tells
- him,
- “No
- thanks.”
His
- reply
- is
- “You
- will
- be
- sorry.’
Rage
- takes
- with
- her
- an
- oil
- painting,
- four
- canes,
- and
- two
- small
- wooden
- boxes
- from
- the
- locker.
- After
- loading
- the
- truck,
- they
- start
- for
- Rage’s
- home.
- A
- big
- truck
- cuts
- Jones
- off,
- so
- he
- is
- no
- longer
- following
- Rage.
- He
- calls
- Rage
- on
- the
- police
- radio
- to
- tell
- her
- of
- the
- incident
- and
- to
- be
- careful.
- Dispatch
- radios
- Jones
- with
- the
- information
- that
- the
- truck
- was
- just
- reported
- stolen.
- Jones
- is
- now
- three
- stop
- lights
- behind
- Rage.
Rage
- has
- watched
- a
- truck
- following
- her,
- even
- after
- she
- takes
- the
- long
- way
- home.
- They
- try
- to
- push
- her
- jeep
- off
- the
- road,
- but
- she
- fishtails
- them.
- There
- erupts
- a
- gun
- battle
- with
- Rage.
Jones
- gives
- the
- truck
- slowing
- him
- down
- a
- hard
- push.
- The
- driver
- flips
- the
- truck
- and
- it
- burst
- into
- flames.
In
- the
- police
- Lab.
- they
- unload
- Jones’
- truck
- and
- search
- the
- storage
- locker’s
- items,
- finding
- nothing
- of
- real
- value.
- They
- must
- have
- only
- wanted
- what
- Rage
- had
- with
- her.
A
- jeweler
- says
- the
- value
- of
- the
- jewelry
- in
- the
- two
- boxes
- is
- worth
- $2,500.
- The
- green
- emeralds
- in
- one
- box
- are
- huge,
- but
- the
- value
- is
- truly
- little.
- The
- oil
- painting,
- she
- has
- may
- have
- a
- hidden
- picture
- covered
- up.
- The
- four
- canes
- are
- wooden
- and
- worth
- little.
What
- leads
- the
- pair
- to
- Iceland
- looking
- for
- a
- great treasure?
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