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“Oh, that. Surely others who have disappointed you have not been punished by death.”
“Not many.”
Stone didn’t want to know about that.
“He’s getting money from somewhere.”
“Everybody has to eat.”
“I’ve had a watch on his accounts, so it can’t be coming from those. Have you given him money?”
“He hasn’t gotten a cent from me.”
“Vanessa may have found some way to get it to him.”
“She hasn’t confided in me.”
“It’s hard to run down a man who doesn’t appear to need money.”
“I haven’t had any experience with that.”
“Maybe he has an offshore account that I don’t know about.”
Stone sighed and had another sip of brandy.
“Does he?” Lance asked.
“If you don’t know that, why would I?”
“Why do you keep giving me evasive answers?”
“I’m just trying to stay logical. Your assumption seems to be that I know all about Collins, but I don’t. You know a great deal about him, so why are you asking me these things?”
“Because I think that if you knew something that I should know, you wouldn’t tell me.”
Stone polished off his brandy. “This is becoming tiresome, Lance, so I’m going to bed. You know where the guest rooms are, so pick one.” He stood up. “Good night.”
Lance didn’t respond, so Stone walked out of the roomand went upstairs. As he walked into his bedroom a light came on in the security panel, then it went out. Apparently, Lance had opened and closed the front door. Stone armed the system and got into bed. The phone rang.
“Hello?”
“It’s Vanessa. How are you?”
“Sleepy. I was just going to bed.”
“I wish I were there with you.”
“Then neither of us would get any sleep.”
“John called me again tonight.”
“And what did he have to say?”
“Nothing of any substance. He wants to meet you.”
“Why?”
Silence.
