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Lily
Somebody was waiting for Sebastian and me on the courthouse steps at 7:30.
“Johnny!” I cried out as I hugged him.
“Anything?” Sebastian asked.
“No,” my bodyguard said wearily. “I, uh… ‘dropped by’ all three guys’ places. None of them were home.”
“None of them?” I asked.
“Not a one.”
I was disappointed – and yet somewhat relieved. I’d been imagining some pretty dark things since Johnny and Sebastian had stayed silent about him ‘questioning’ the three men.
“Maybe they were asleep and just didn’t answer the door,” I suggested.
Johnny smirked. “I didn’t let their doors stop me, Lily.”
“You – ” I lowered my voice. “ – you broke in?!”
Johnny gave me a Come ON, Lily kind of look. “Do you really think I was just going to politely knock at 3AM at the door of somebody who could have framed Connor?”
“No,” I said, disturbed. “But – ”
“It doesn’t matter. They weren’t there.”
“Which means they could be dead, too,” Sebastian said.
“That’s crazy,” I said. “You don’t really think she’d kill six people – Mr. Templeton, the bodyguards, the limo driver, and Vincenzo and Marta – just to frame Connor, do you?”
“Unfortunately, I do,” Sebastian muttered.
“All she would have to do is pay them off!”
“You know what they say: three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.”
“But – isn’t that highly, highly suspicious?” I pressed. “Wouldn’t that probably be the first thing Bert brings up in court to prove Connor didn’t do it?”
“I don’t know,” Sebastian said. “The only two things I know are this: Miranda’s twisted, and she’s smart. I have no idea what her game plan is. And that’s what worries me.”
“Anything on your end?” Johnny asked.
“Yeah, we got in contact with Eve,” I said, and filled him in on the computer session last night.
“You think she can come through for us?” Johnny asked warily.
“Yes,” I said.
“I doubt it,” Sebastian said at the same time.
I glared at him. “You don’t like her because she schooled you a couple of times.”
“Whatever.”
“Just admit it – you’re jealous that somebody showed you up.”
