“I do, and I will.”
After the meal was done and goodbyes were exchanged, Stone walked Josie to the elevators.
“I suppose this is farewell for now,” she said as they waited in the elevator lobby.
“Hopefully for not too long.”
“I guess that’s up to you. But just in case you need an incentive…” She moved into him and kissed him softly on the lips.
When they parted, Stone said, “The first thing I’m going to do when I get to my office in the morning is find time in my calendar for a trip out west.”
“You do that.”
The elevator dinged, and one set of doors opened.
“I guess this is me,” she said.
“Let this be the last time you go up alone.”
“At the risk of repeating myself, I guess that’s up to you.”
He kissed her again. “Safe travels.”
She cupped his cheek, smiled, then stepped into the elevator.
At the same time Stonewas climbing into his Bentley to go back to Turtle Bay, Andre Parker was watching Stone’s Islesboro house through a pair of binoculars.
When Parker had found out about Barrington’s connection to this job, he’d almost backed out. He’d interacted with the lawyer several times when he’d been masquerading as a steward on theAmanda Jae. But once he thought some more about it, he decided there was nothing to worry about.
There was little chance they’d run into each other. And if they did, Parker would simply finish what should have happened to Barrington the night of the sinking.
He’d been in the trees a couple hundred yards from Barrington’s house for more than an hour already and had identified two men and one woman patrolling the property, all dressed in black.
He’d also caught glimpse of another woman in the house, walking past one of the windows. She couldn’t have been much older than thirty, however, so she wasn’t the target.
He was beginning to wonder if his client’s information was bad, and Dame Felicity wasn’t there at all. The Russian was kind of a dick, so it would serve him right.
He trained his binoculars on the house again.
Through one of the windows, he could see two women talking to each other in what he was pretty sure was a hallway. One was the young woman he’d seen earlier.
The other was Dame Felicity Devonshire.
So the information hadn’t been bad after all.
If Parker had a sniper rifle, he could have taken care of the job right then and there. But all he had was a silenced pistol that was useless from this distance.
Tomorrow night would be soon enough.
He gave the house another glance, then quietly made his way back to his vehicle.
Chapter 36
Friday, Teterboro Airport, early afternoon.
Stone had just completed the preflight check on his G-500 jet when Dino climbed on board for their trip to Maine.
“No Faith?” Dino asked.
