Chapter 22
Sam
Fourteen award-winning hours later, Andy, Suds and I exit the police station only to be encircled by reporters.
A blond woman thrusts a TV-12 mic near my face. “Is it true you saved Judge Bannerman?”
Before my sleep-deprived brain can respond, a Cary Grant type guy jumps in front of her and steals her spot. “Was he really being blackmailed?”
“Ah, yes…” The bright sun, the sea of faces, and the cacophony of noise make it hard to get a word in edgewise.
“Was your husband arrested?”
“Is there a recording?”
“Why are they questioning James Griffen?” That soundbite is news to me.
I grab a thick wrist and pull forward a clean-shaven young man in his mid-twenties. “Excuse me? Say again?”
The man resembling a Ken doll speaks toward a camera. “I’m here with Samantha Russo. This is an OAL News exclusive. What can you tell us about the New EnGen CEO?”
Andy pushes in front of me. “I’m sorry everyone, the investigation is ongoing. We’ve been instructed not to say anything. There will be a press conference later.”
It’s afternoon before Suds and I arrive back at the hotel. Having not slept for over twenty-four hours, I kick off my shoes and take the wineglass he offers. “I don’t understand. What does a power company have to do with our case?”
My rambling record-breaker clears his throat and whispers because his voice went hoarse. “New EnGen wants to put their pipeline through native lands and when the tribe sued, the CEO paid our lobbyist to bribe Bannerman. Selena saw everything.”
“I understand, but why not kill her? Why scare her into silence. It makes no sense.”
“Andy checked her list. Griffen was one of her most frequent clients. I don’t think he wanted her killed.”
“She’s that good, huh?”
“Apparently.”
“Are you sorry you didn’t take her up on her offer?”
He winks. “We could always do a threesome.”
“Ewww. No. For the record, we’re never having sex again.”
He laughs and sets my drink on the table. “C’mon now sugar. I was kidding. I got me one woman and I concentrate all my attention on her.”
Our gazes connect and I kiss the sass right out of her. When done, we make sweet love until her only thoughts are of me inside of her.
