Three Weeks in Paris by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Author:Barbara Taylor Bradford [Bradford, Barbara Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-440-33450-7
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2002-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

A LITTLE LATER, when she was back at her hotel, sorting through the samples of the fabrics she had found earlier, Jessica thought about Alain Bonnal’s stunned disbelief, his total negation of the theory she had put forward.

Was it an act? Did Alain know more than he was saying? He had turned so white, looked so … afraid. Yes, that was it, he had suddenly looked terrified. Had she hit the nail on the head? Did he know for a fact that Lucien had staged his own disappearing act? Would a person need help in order to vanish without a trace? Maybe. But then again, maybe not.

“Oh, for God’s sake, he’s dead!” she cried out loud to the empty room. Something really terrible happened to Lucien when he was in Monte Carlo, she added silently to herself. She was determined to stop dwelling on this most tragic event in her life. It was stalling her, suddenly.

Move on, she instructed herself, you’ve got to move on. You’ve got to get a life. You can’t live in the past, or—

The shrill ringing of the telephone cut off her thoughts, startled her. Reaching for it, she exclaimed, “Hello?”

“Hi, Jess, it’s me. Mark Sylvester.”

“Mark, hello! How are you?”

“I’m great. How’re you doing?”

“A bit jet-lagged, but okay. Hey, it’s wonderful to hear your voice. Are you in L.A.? Or London?”

He laughed. “I’m in Paris.”

He had taken her by surprise, and there was a brief silence on her part. Then she said, “Where are you staying?”

“Next door. Well, I’m not exactly next door, but down the corridor. I’m at the Plaza-Athénée,” he answered, suddenly chuckling.

She laughed with him but said nothing.

Mark asked, after a split second, “How about dinner tonight? Are you free?”

“Well, yes, I am, as a matter of fact.”

“Then we’ve got a date. Would you like to go to Tour d’Argent?”

“I’d love it.”

“Then I’ll knock on your door at eight. Is that okay with you, Jess?”

“Yes, it is. I can’t wait to see you.”

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