“All right, there’s nothing I can do about it.”
She turned away.
Bertha Cool said, “Wait a minute. I’m trying to get some information about her.”
“What do you want?”
“It’s very important that I get in touch with her, very important indeed.”
“There’s nothing I can do about it.”
“Can’t you tell me where she is, where I could locate her, or how I could get a message to her? Hasn’t she left any instructions with you at all?”
“None whatever. She has a young woman in the apartment with her, Myrna Jackson. If anyone will know where she is, it’ll be Miss Jackson.”
“How can I reach Miss Jackson, then?”
“She isn’t in?”