Exclusive by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels [Michaels, Fern]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2010-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

When Patel returned from taking Ida to Toots’s house, Amala was waiting to give him a piece of her mind. “You are a stupid old man! I can’t believe you would ask her to lend you $3 million. What’s even worse, I can’t believe the old broad would even consider doing it.” Mohammed smirked.

“No, it is you and Amala who are the stupid ones. This is our chance to make a small fortune without even committing a crime. There is no law that prevents a wealthy woman from lending her money to whomever she pleases. Amala, your plan is not working. Part of being in this business is knowing when to walk away,” Patel explained. “You are young and beautiful, there will be other opportunities, other gentlemen.”

Patel watched Mohammed. He got angry when Amala’s name was mentioned in connection with another man. Patel knew this but could not stop himself. He did not want to hurt Mohammed, only to remind him what kind of woman she really was.

“Both of you are stupid. Go on and rip off your wealthy old women. They will soon tire of you and see through your schemes. Mohammed has been watching the redhead. I think he wants her,” Amala said.

The three were seated around the empty table Ida had run away from earlier that evening. Amala had just returned from smoking a joint on the beach. The breeze from the Pacific carried a tinge of the sweet-smelling weed with it as a gentle wind blew across the deck. Mohammed had refused when she’d invited him to join her, but Patel was not a fool. Had he not been there, Mohammed would have enjoyed smoking weed with her.

“Shut up! You don’t know what I want, bitch.” Mohammed stood up, preparing to go inside. “I am staying at the apartment tonight. You two can stay here in the good doctor’s house. I am sick of this scam.” He yanked the glass door aside as he entered the house, not bothering to close it behind him.

“He is angry. Serves him right,” Amala said. “You like it when he is this way. I see it. You think you know Mohammed better than I do, old man? I sleep with him. I know his secrets, private things he will never tell you.”

Patel stood, brushed the sand from his slacks. “Your plan is falling apart. You need to cut your losses while you still can.”

“And then what will you do? What about your clinic? The old woman really thinks you’re a doctor. Without my clinic, you have nothing to bargain with.”

“You are wrong. With $3 million in my bank account, I will not need your clinic, Amala. By the time dear, lovely Ida discovers she has been taken for a fool, I will be long gone, and you, my dear, will be left to explain my absence.”

Patel watched as Amala realized what he had just said. “Then I will turn you in myself!”

“You will not. Why would you want to

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