Chapter 35

"Do you think Doreen knew?" Delphi asked, leaning against the bar.

Isobel took a long sip of red wine before answering. "How could she not have?" She set down her glass. She'd had to pay for her drink this time, but it was worth it. "Doreen made it her business to know everything about everybody. And Frank was her boss."

"Then why wasn't he on her blackmail list?" asked Delphi.

"She had that secretarial devotion thing going. Like Conchita has for Stan. If there was any animosity between Frank and Doreen, I have yet to get wind of it."

Delphi shook her head. "I don't buy it. If she knew, she was blackmailing him. I bet she has another page of names hidden somewhere."

"It does seem impossible that she didn't know," Isobel conceded. "Assistants are, by definition, keepers of the secrets."

"And it seems impossible to me that she knew and wasn't using the information to her advantage," Delphi concluded.