A Dangerous Widow (A Dangerous Series) by Christina Ross

Author:Christina Ross [Ross, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: azw, epub, mobi
Publisher: Christina Ross
Published: 2016-04-23T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

By the time Ben and I left the party, I’d been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including the Daily News and the Post, and I’d achieved what I’d wanted.

Soon, I would become the news. And so, if Michael had been murdered, it would only be a matter of time before someone would try to shut me down to keep me from finding out who was responsible for his death. Before that happened, Ben and I—along with whatever security team he had in mind—would strategize about how best to go forward with our effort to trap the killer.

Was I frightened? A part of me was. But there was a larger part of me that was determined to give Michael his justice. I had meant what I’d said to Ben—if any of this was true, I’d be damned if Michael’s killer got to continue to walk free. Some might consider my actions reckless—including Ben and Eli—but I had to believe that those people had never had the kind of love that Michael and I had once shared together.

“I should stay with you tonight,” Ben said when we stepped into the limousine waiting for us outside the Witherhouses’ mansion.

“You should what?”

“Stay with you.”

“Ben, I know that things heated up between us tonight, but I’m not sure if I’m ready for that.”

“That’s not what I meant. I should stay with you to make sure that you’re safe.”

“But I live at the San Remo,” I said as my chauffeur closed the door behind us and then stepped behind the wheel. “Nothing is going to happen to me there.”

“How do you know that?”

“Because so many celebrities live there—and, hell, even a prince lives there. That place is designed to be a fortress, and believe me, we pay a premium to be as well protected as we are.”

“Are the security guards who protect the San Remo armed?”

“Not that I know of.”

“Well, that’s some fortress, isn’t it? So, let me stay in one of your extra bedrooms. Given what I saw, you probably have a suite of them.”

As the car lurched into motion and moved down the street, I looked out my window and felt my pulse quicken. “There are five bedrooms other than mine.”

“Then put me in one of them. Tomorrow morning, we’ll have coffee, we’ll assess the papers together, and then we’ll take to the Internet to see what the other media outlets are saying. You’ve done what you set out to accomplish tonight, Kate, and now it’s time for you to follow through with your promise to let me take over. When I assemble a team to cover you—which will happen quickly—I’ll start looking into Mark Dodd, as well as Bill and Maxine Witherhouse. What I’m also going to need from you is a list of all of the people we spoke to tonight. Not the press—but your former friends.”

“None of them are my friends. They’re just people that I used to know.”

“I still need their names.”

“I’ll get them to you.”

“I’m staying with you tonight, Kate.

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