The Phoenix by Sidney Sheldon

Author:Sidney Sheldon [Sidney Sheldon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Miriam waited for Persephone Hamlin to finish her espresso, watching from the Gucci boutique across the street as her rival pulled some notes out of her purse and left them on the table.

Miriam had thought about leaving Mykonos numerous times since Makis Alexiadis threw her over. Lisette and Arabella had long since cut their losses and run, knowing as Miriam did that they were lucky to be alive. Rumor had it that not all of Mak’s exes had survived to tell the tale. And it wasn’t as if Miriam didn’t have options. Another wealthy admirer had invited her to join him on his yacht in Ibiza, and an ex-boyfriend whom Miriam had stayed close to over the years had extended an open invitation for her to come and stay at his ‘party bastide’ in St Tropez.

‘Forget the Greek,’ he’d texted her just last week. ‘Come hang at the Voile Rouge for a few days and let your hair down. You know you want to!’

It was tempting. But not as tempting as knocking the strange, boy-woman Persephone off the pedestal that Mak had decided to put her on. Miriam could give up Makis Alexiadis if she had to, but she wasn’t about to cede her position as his sex object of choice to this alien-faced, kookily dressed freak who, if the rumors were true, was still rejecting his advances.

Frustratingly, a week of research had so far yielded nothing that Miriam could use against her. The few fragments of Persephone’s ‘story’ that Miriam knew all appeared to check out when she searched online: the addict husband, the rich American parents, the house in Los Angeles. But still, Miriam’s instincts screamed that something about this chick was off. That if she just waited – and watched – a little longer, she would catch her out.

In the beginning, Persephone spent almost all her time in the luxurious confines of Villa Mirage. On the rare occasions when she ventured out, she and Mak were always together. For two people who claimed not to be a couple, they looked suspiciously close. Mak was always opening doors and pulling out chairs for her. There was a lot of laughter too between them. Intimate asides, private jokes, his hands placed lovingly on one of her shoulders or the small of her back. It rankled, watching him lavish affection on this unworthy American in a way he had never done with her. But the worst part for Miriam was knowing that she wouldn’t see anything significant or incriminating while Mak was present. She needed to catch Persephone alone.

Today might finally be the day!

Hiding the entire top half of her face behind a pair of oversized, Oliver Peoples sunglasses, Miriam slipped out of the store and followed at a safe distance as Persephone left the café and walked down the steep hill towards the harbor. This was the third morning in a row she’d ventured out into town without Makis. On each occasion she’d drunk a single coffee by

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