“Can we afford it?”Chad asked.
“Yes,” Romeo opened his laptop he’d left on the table.“Money is not an issue for us.”
“Not since that article ...the one written by Holly Stevenson...”
Romeo tried to get a read on Chad, but he turned his back to Romeo.“You got a significant payout from The Canster times.”
Chad slammed his glass down on the side.
Romeo stilled, watching.
“I hate her,” Chad whispered.“Don’t I?”
“Yes.I hate her too.She’s on my list.”
“Your ...list?”
Romeo nodded, tapping casually on the laptop keys.“A list of people I want to kill.I want to kill her for trying to destroy you.”
He thought Chad would protest, but he merely nodded.
“Who else is on the list?”
“Right now, you’re at the top of it.”
Chad crossed his arms, looking particularly unimpressed by the comment.
“Some singer you had a crush on.”
Chad’s expression brightened.“Arnold Fritz?”
“Yeah.”
“Why?”
“Because you had a crush on him.”
Chad snorted.“That’s a stupid reason.”
Romeo ignored him.“Dean was on the list, but I recently crossed him off it.”
“You ...killed him?”
“I don’t know.I think he lived.It’s not important.”
“It kind of is.”
Romeo shrugged.
“Anyone else?”Chad asked.
“Superintendent Peter Watts.”
“For what reason?”
“For turning every police officer against you and forcing you to resign.”
“I was responsible for two deaths...”
