The Nicole Graves Mysteries Boxed Set by Nancy Boyarsky

Author:Nancy Boyarsky
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Light Messages Publishing
Published: 2019-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Six

Thursday morning was pretty much the same as the previous day. Nicole got to work at 8:00, an hour early, only to encounter the same crowd of paparazzi and TV crews as the day before. She left her car with the valet and fought her way through the pack, who were again assailing her with questions. She told them to call her lawyer. The building’s entrance was fortified with security guards, who made her show her pass before they’d let her in. She cringed at the idea of facing the same mob in a couple of hours when she left to meet with Robert’s lawyer. But there was nothing to be done about it.

Before settling down to work, she couldn’t resist checking XHN. Sure enough, there was a new story. This one went into her divorce from Brad and the fact that he’d spent time in prison in the UK for money laundering. Oh, no, she thought. This is really bad. She went to the other tabloid and newspaper sites, including the Los Angeles Times. They all had the story. In fact, the Robert Blair murder had gone viral, and every news outlet she checked seemed to have at least a few paragraphs about it.

She looked at her email and was upset to find it filled with messages from friends, acquaintances, and people she didn’t even know. Her friends offered sympathy and support, while the rest seemed motivated by morbid curiosity. What had happened? What had she seen? Was she a suspect? It occurred to her that some of these messages might be from reporters who’d found her email address on the law firm’s website.

When Nicole looked at her watch, she was surprised to see it was time to leave for the meeting with Robert’s lawyer. She’d blown most of the morning and accomplished nothing. She grabbed her purse, then retraced her route back down the elevator to the valet station. She handed her parking ticket to the valet, then slipped back into the building to wait. Security guards kept the paparazzi at bay. When her car was brought around, she came out again and shoved her way through the forest of microphones and barrage of questions. The media was especially aggressive today, demanding to know more about her ex-husband and his conviction. They pressed against her as she tried to open the car door, and she had to squeeze her way in. She started the car, then remembered Sue’s instructions. Lowering her window, she told the reporters to call her attorney.

As soon as she pulled out of the valet lane, a contingent of paparazzi on motorcycles was close behind. She drove quickly, weaving through side streets, but she couldn’t shake them. On Sunset Boulevard, she planned to turn left onto Beverly Drive, which would take her into the San Fernando Valley via Coldwater Canyon. But she knew she couldn’t arrive at Freeman’s office with these jerks on her trail. She slowed, signaling for a left, allowing the paparazzi to pull up beside her in the outside lane.

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