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see her if he did come in.
She pulled out her passport and checkbook and explained to Anita that she wanted to roll all of her accounts into a new one.
Anita looked at the passport and pulled up all of Renee’s accounts by entering the one on the checkbook. Renee tried to maintain a calm, relaxed appearance even though she felt even more jittery inside.
The banker asked Renee a series of questions to confirm her identity and then they started the process of opening a new account in her name only. Since Jerry was only a signer on the open accounts, they wouldn’t need his signature for her to close them. Renee was the owner of both accounts.
When Anita gave Renee the account balances, the concern she’d felt about her money was validated. Over seventy-five thousand dollars was missing from the nearly half million that she’d had in the accounts. She went over the transactions with the banker and noted the dates of the withdrawals and the amounts. Jerry had been embezzling from her.
While she filled out the paperwork and the transactions were made, she wondered where Jerry was. Jerry would never know that her money was still with the bank because the bank wouldn’t give out that kind of information. The only thing he would know was that the accounts had been emptied.
Renee didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until everything was completed.
“Is there a phone I can use?” Renee asked.
“Sure.” Anita gestured to her phone.
“I need a directory,” Renee said. “I need to contact Zane Cameron.”
Anita smiled. “Mr. Cameron is one of my clients.”
Renee returned her smile. “Do you have his number?”
“I can’t give out customer information,” Anita said. “But I can call him and ask if he’d like to speak with you.”
“That would be great.” She relaxed as Anita looked up Zane’s number and dialed it from her desk phone. “Hi, Mr. Cameron,” Anita said. “This is Anita Gonzales. I have Renee Winfield here and she would like to speak with you. Is that all right?” A heartbeat later and Anita was handing the receiver to Renee.
“Zane?” she said as Anita got up and walked away.
“Hi, Renee,” he said. “It’s good to hear from you. If you don’t mind me asking, why are you calling from the bank?”
“It’s a long story, and I don’t have my phone.” She heard the urgency in her own voice as she spoke, but she kept her voice down. “I need help. Would someone be able to pick me up in Nogales and give me a ride? I know it’s a long way, so I hate to ask, but I’m stranded and I’m worried.”
“I’m just the other side of Patagonia. I’ll get there as fast as I can, about twenty minutes,” Zane said, sounding concerned. “What happened?”
She bit her lower lip before she spoke. “Now isn’t a good time to go into it.”
“All right,” Zane said. “You can tell me all about it when I pick you up.”
“Thank you.” She let out her second breath of relief. “I’m sorry to be an inconvenience.”
“As far as I’m concerned you’re my little sister,” he said. “You’ll never be an inconvenience.”
She thanked him again and hung up after he said he’d pick her up at the bank. Now all there was to do was wait and pray that Jerry didn’t find her.
Renee sat in one of the chairs in the waiting area near the bankers. She crossed her legs at her knees and her top leg bounced with agitation. Beside her on a small table was a collection of magazines and she picked one up and flipped through it without really seeing it.
Her skin crawled. She glanced up and looked out the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and her heart stuttered. Jerry was walking up to the bank doors.
She lifted the magazine and hid her face, hoping that he wouldn’t somehow recognize her. She peeked around one side of the magazine and saw him walking up to one of the tellers. She could see his side profile from where she was sitting. Nearly paralyzed with fear, she listened to him.
“I need
She pulled out her passport and checkbook and explained to Anita that she wanted to roll all of her accounts into a new one.
Anita looked at the passport and pulled up all of Renee’s accounts by entering the one on the checkbook. Renee tried to maintain a calm, relaxed appearance even though she felt even more jittery inside.
The banker asked Renee a series of questions to confirm her identity and then they started the process of opening a new account in her name only. Since Jerry was only a signer on the open accounts, they wouldn’t need his signature for her to close them. Renee was the owner of both accounts.
When Anita gave Renee the account balances, the concern she’d felt about her money was validated. Over seventy-five thousand dollars was missing from the nearly half million that she’d had in the accounts. She went over the transactions with the banker and noted the dates of the withdrawals and the amounts. Jerry had been embezzling from her.
While she filled out the paperwork and the transactions were made, she wondered where Jerry was. Jerry would never know that her money was still with the bank because the bank wouldn’t give out that kind of information. The only thing he would know was that the accounts had been emptied.
Renee didn’t breathe a sigh of relief until everything was completed.
“Is there a phone I can use?” Renee asked.
“Sure.” Anita gestured to her phone.
“I need a directory,” Renee said. “I need to contact Zane Cameron.”
Anita smiled. “Mr. Cameron is one of my clients.”
Renee returned her smile. “Do you have his number?”
“I can’t give out customer information,” Anita said. “But I can call him and ask if he’d like to speak with you.”
“That would be great.” She relaxed as Anita looked up Zane’s number and dialed it from her desk phone. “Hi, Mr. Cameron,” Anita said. “This is Anita Gonzales. I have Renee Winfield here and she would like to speak with you. Is that all right?” A heartbeat later and Anita was handing the receiver to Renee.
“Zane?” she said as Anita got up and walked away.
“Hi, Renee,” he said. “It’s good to hear from you. If you don’t mind me asking, why are you calling from the bank?”
“It’s a long story, and I don’t have my phone.” She heard the urgency in her own voice as she spoke, but she kept her voice down. “I need help. Would someone be able to pick me up in Nogales and give me a ride? I know it’s a long way, so I hate to ask, but I’m stranded and I’m worried.”
“I’m just the other side of Patagonia. I’ll get there as fast as I can, about twenty minutes,” Zane said, sounding concerned. “What happened?”
She bit her lower lip before she spoke. “Now isn’t a good time to go into it.”
“All right,” Zane said. “You can tell me all about it when I pick you up.”
“Thank you.” She let out her second breath of relief. “I’m sorry to be an inconvenience.”
“As far as I’m concerned you’re my little sister,” he said. “You’ll never be an inconvenience.”
She thanked him again and hung up after he said he’d pick her up at the bank. Now all there was to do was wait and pray that Jerry didn’t find her.
Renee sat in one of the chairs in the waiting area near the bankers. She crossed her legs at her knees and her top leg bounced with agitation. Beside her on a small table was a collection of magazines and she picked one up and flipped through it without really seeing it.
Her skin crawled. She glanced up and looked out the floor-to-ceiling glass windows and her heart stuttered. Jerry was walking up to the bank doors.
She lifted the magazine and hid her face, hoping that he wouldn’t somehow recognize her. She peeked around one side of the magazine and saw him walking up to one of the tellers. She could see his side profile from where she was sitting. Nearly paralyzed with fear, she listened to him.
“I need
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