Melanie Vargas 04 Notorious by Michele Martinez

Author:Michele Martinez [Martinez, Michele]
Format: epub
Publisher: Michele Martinez
Published: 2010-06-23T20:15:30.287000+00:00

Melanie kept to the perimeter of the grand dining room and turned her face toward the art on the walls. Otherwise, in this law-heavy crowd, somebody would surely recognize her. She retraced her steps as best as she remembered from the morning she’d visited Brenda Gould. As she moved toward the back of the apartment, the buzz of conversation dropped away and she walked in silence, her steps muffled by the thick Persian carpet. The corridor was dark, and the occasional glimpses she caught into dim rooms revealed that all of the mirrors were covered with blankets. Her overheated mind thought vampires until she recalled that this was a Jewish mourning custom. But it set her on edge nonetheless.

At the very back of the house, she found the heavy wooden door that led to Lester’s office. All her nerves were taut with anxiety as she reached for the antique glass doorknob. But it wouldn’t turn. The door was locked. She got down on her knees and examined the mechanism. It had an old-fashioned keyhole, the type she imagined sticking a hairpin into, but who carried hairpins nowadays? She did have a Bic pen. She tried shimmying the long stem of the plastic pen cap around in the keyhole, but that accomplished nothing. She turned the doorknob, harder this time. Still locked. Melanie decided she’d better give up before she attracted attention, so she got to her feet and turned to go.

She let out a shriek. Evan Diamond was standing right on top of her, regarding her with a malignant grin.

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