Don't Blink by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Thriller
Publisher: Vision
Published: 2010-09-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 56

IT WAS LIKE the game of Clue, only the sex-addict edition. Thomas Ferramore… in the supply room… with his pants down around his ankles.

In front of him was a young and very pretty blonde on her knees. Needless to say, she wasn’t praying. I wasn’t sure, but I thought she was one of the PR ladies who had been with him on the deck.

Panic flashed across Ferramore’s face, but amazingly, it vanished almost as fast as it had arrived. Apparently you don’t get to be a billionaire without being able to think quickly on your feet, even with your dick hanging out.

“Get up, honey,” he said calmly to the young blonde. “Go enjoy the rest of the party.”

She quickly buttoned her white blouse, dabbed at her lips, and hurried out the door. I suppose I couldn’t blame her, but not once did she look at me.

Meanwhile, that’s all Ferramore could do. His dark eyes bored straight into mine. He was staring, unblinking. And of all goddamn things, he started to smile.

“So, you caught me,” he said, the second we were alone. “Now what are you going to do about it? You have a plan of action yet?”

The son of a bitch hadn’t even bothered to pull up his pants.

“What do you think I’m going to do about it?” I shot back. “At your own engagement party? After what you said to Courtney up there?”

He shook his head and laughed some more. “It’s your word against mine and your word is pretty drunk, isn’t it?”

“Not so drunk that I’m blind, pal. I saw what I saw.”

In fact, I suddenly felt as if I’d downed a dozen cups of coffee. Not quite sober as a judge, but the thoughts and words were forming just fine.

“Do you even love Courtney?” I asked.

“Does that even matter?”

“It does to me.”

He laughed again. “Yes, I know it does,” he said. “You love her madly, right? That’s probably why you felt it was okay to fuck her when you knew she was engaged to me.”

That stopped me cold. How did he know that?

“She told you?” I asked in disbelief.

His laugh grew louder, a booming cackle now, and it dawned on me that there was another explanation.

“Christ, you had her followed.”

“I always look after my investments, Nick—force of habit. In a way, all it proves is that Courtney and I are meant for each other. In fact, for your sake, you should feel lucky I was okay with it.”

“Tell you what, then,” I said. “Since you know about Courtney and me, why don’t we go tell her about what I just walked in on and she can decide for herself.”

“You do that and you can kiss your sweet job at Citizen magazine good-bye.”

“Yeah, but I’d sure be going out with a bang.”

“Yes, you sure would. Too bad about Courtney, though. She’d be out of a job, too. You understand that, of course.”

Checkmate! And he knew it, too. Citizen was Courtney’s baby, the joy of her life.

Ferramore finally reached down and pulled up his trousers.

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