Chapter 23

The next morning, I arrived at the office straight from an eight o’clock transfusion, feeling light-headed, slightly woozy. First thing I did was scan the morning chronicle. To my relief, there was nothing on the front page about anything relating to the disappearance in Napa. Alice has kept to her world.

I noticed Gebriel coming out of Kalistus’s office. His sleeves were rolled up, exposing his thick forearms.

He gave me guarded smile- one that told me of his discomfort at my cutting a deal yesterday with Alice. With a flick of his blue eyes, he motioned me outside to the corridor.

“We have to talk.” He said as we huddled near the staircase.

“Listen, Gebriel,” I said. “ I’m really sorry about yesterday. I thought it would be buy us some time.”

His dark eyes smoldered.”Maybe you should tell me why she was worth compromising control of this cases,” I shrugged. “You see anything about Napa in the papers this morning?”