Chapter 32
She was, though he wasn’t supposed to understand the joke. And at least her continued presence made sense now.
One of the uniforms appeared beside them. On closer inspection, he didn’t look like any of the policemen who’d been in the hallway upstairs. “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”
Before Carlo could reply, Monica snapped, “I can’t even talk to someone now? Leave him alone. He’s not hurting anything.”
“Miss Halford—”
“It’s Mrs. Eaton. And if you don’t leave us alone, my lawyer will make sure you lose your badge for harassing us.”
The cop wasn’t buying it, and frankly, Carlo thought she was blowing hot air, too. “Look, I don’t want to be any trouble.” He’d just go upstairs and tell Joe they had to find a back way out of here.
“You’re not—”