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“Who was that?” I asked.
“One of my best detectives.”
I folded my hands in my lap to keep them from shaking. “How many do you have?”
“Six at last count.”
“Who are all the other people milling around?”
He raised an eyebrow. “Why are you so interested?”
“ ‘Impressed’ would be more accurate.”
He chuckled. “I have a few lawyers and a couple of paralegals in addition to my research team. Can we get back to your problem, now?”
“Yes.”
“If Annabelle Murray swore you to secrecy, why does Paul Dodson know about the project?”
“Paul and I are close personal friends. I knew he wouldn’t say anything.”
“You were wrong.”
“What?”
“He told me, right?”
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“Annabelle did not want anyone in book publishing to know what her husband was up to. I doubt that she would object to Paul telling a famous criminal lawyer anything he thought would help me stay out of some serious trouble.”
He nodded. “Fine. I’m going with you to see this detective, and when we get there, you must follow my lead. Talk when I say it is okay. Stop talking when I say stop. I’ll get a copy of the videotape and release it to the media myself.”
“Why?”
He smiled enigmatically. “Trust me, Jackie.”
“I’d rather not have the videotape released at all,” I said, close to tears. “Isn’t there something you can do to stop it?”
“No, and it is definitely not a good idea for me to try.”
“This is going to make me look so bad.”
“Bad?” He whirled around in his chair. “It doesn’t have to. It all depends on the spin you put on it.”
I wasn’t in the mood for riddles. “How much are your services going to cost me?”
He shrugged. “Paul Dodson is a good friend of mine. I’m not going to charge you anything. Unless there is something you haven’t told me, I predict that the cops will leave you alone after you give them a statement tonight.”
I felt a whole better.
13
PAUL STILL WAITING
I didn’t get home until ten that night so I missed yet another Black Pack meeting. Paul was still up, waiting for my phone call.
“What happened?”
