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“Then what? The dog’s gotcha day?”
“Nope. Uncle Daar’s birthday.”
“Seriously?”
“Dad’s used it before.”
Robin turned to the first number. She felt a subtle click against the flat of her left palm on the door. A little electric charge shot through her.
Was she right?
Jessica groaned. “Waiting is killing me.”
Robin ignored her and held her breath as she locked in the last number.
Please let it work.
She pulled on the door. It didn’t exactly swing freely, but it did creak open. Exhilaration shot through her making her giddy.
“Holy crap,” Robin muttered and glanced over her shoulder.
“What?” Jessica demanded.
“It worked.” Robin pulled the safe open. “I’m in.”
“Is the laptop there?”
Robin sat back on her heels and stared at the safe’s contents.
The inside of the safe was sectioned off. There was a tall, narrow cabinet with two guns that had to be decades older than herself. Still, she hadn’t known her father owned guns, so that was an unsettling revelation. The rest of the space was divided into smaller cubbies. Two of those were completely full of leather jewelry cases packed tightly.
These would be Dad’s watches and Saaina’s jewelry.
Like many people from the Middle East and Asia, gold was an investment. Saaina wasn’t likely to wear these pieces, but she was always buying up some new trinket. They were more about investing in future profits.
The power of the dollar might rise and fall, but gold was eternal.
Dad had said that often enough.
“Robin? Hello?”
She picked up the phone. “Sorry. It looks like Dad owns two antique rifles.”
“Laptop?”
“No…” She pushed up onto her knees and peered into the top slot. “There're some files here though. Hold on.”
Robin pulled the envelopes out then eased the pages out.
They were in Arabic, not English. She had to stare at the script longer than she’d like to translate it.
“Take pictures,” Jessica suggested.
“Good idea.” Robin separated the pages out then grabbed her phone. This way she could muddle through it all at her leisure.
“Make sure to send me copies.”
Jessica turned a page over and paused.
