“That’s very kind of you to say, Miss Thompson,” Fred said. “But I’m very content with my current employment.”
“Why thank you, Fred,” Stone said, then smiled at Tamlyn. “I feel obligated to point out that both Mike and Viv have attempted to snatch Fred from me, but to no avail.”
Still leaning forward, Tamlyn said to Fred, “If you ever change your mind, you know who to call.”
“I do,” Fred replied. “Mr. Freeman and Mrs. Bacchetti have said the same.”
Stefan craned his neck tosee around the cars in front of him and cursed.
Barrington’s Bentley was gone.
Stefan swung into the right lane so he could take the next turn, then laid on the horn when the taxi he was behind stopped to let out its passenger.
“Move it!” he yelled.
The cabbie gave him the finger and took his sweet time pulling back into traffic.
Stefan blasted his horn again as he sped through the space the taxi had been occupying, then whipped around the corner.
He scanned the cars ahead. No Bentley anywhere.
He slammed his fist against the steering wheel.
Barrington must have known he was being followed and had been worried that Sara would find out he was with another woman.
That had to be it, Stefan thought.
“What a scumbag,” he muttered.
Something had to be done with Barrington. Something bad.
Stefan smiled.
He knew just the guy who could make that happen.
Chapter 17
At the same time thatTamlyn was being dropped off at Strategic Services, Rosa Gennaro buzzed open the gate for two men who’d come to meet with her brother.
“Rosa, you look as beautiful as the last time I saw you,” Manny Kroger said as she let them inside.
He opened his arms to give her a hug, but she shoved him in the chest instead.
“That trick didn’t work in the past, and it doesn’t now,” she said.
Dominic Estrada snorted. “Careful, Manny. She can still read you like a book.” He nodded his head to Rosa. “Nice to see you again, ma’am.”
Looking like she would rather be doing anything else, she waved for them to follow her and led them into the dining room.
Ricky Gennaro stood as the trio entered, smiling.
“Dominic, Manny, it’s been too long.” He gave each of them a quick hug, then dropped back into his chair and motioned to the empty seats on either side of him. “Sit, sit. If you’re hungry, Rosa can whip something up for you.”
“I’m good,” Dominic said, taking a seat next to Gennaro.
Manny dropped into the seat on Gennaro’s other side. “If you have any of your famous chicken parm, I wouldn’t say no to it.”
“I don’t,” Rosa said.
