Page 140 of Over Her Dead Body

“Fine. Ignore me again.”

I end the call.

Daniel answers on the first ring.

“Emma’s flight?”

“Confirmed.”

“Someone watching her?”

“Of course.”

“Do not approach her.”

“And if she goes to the police?”

“She won’t.”

My screen lights again.

The writer.

She has boarded.

A second email follows.

Driver update: he now wishes to clarify that Miss Calloway did not offer him sex. She explicitly excluded it, though he nevertheless considers sex an important part of the story.

I wait.

A third arrives.

He would also like it noted that she gave him the gun willingly.

I type back.

Please stop interviewing him before they are married.

The reply comes fast:

Too late. In his latest version, there was chemistry.

I close the app.

“Daniel.”

“I’m here.”

“Observation only. No contact.”

“She won’t know they’re there.”

“She noticed a tail while trying to get laid.”

A pause.

“Then we’ll stay farther back.”