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“If you’re looking for the woman who lived there, she’s gone,” she spoke.
“Gone? What do you mean she’s gone?”
“I think she moved out. Took her guitar and a couple of suitcases and left. I asked her if she was going on vacation and she said no, she was leaving New York City for good.”
“Did she say where she was going?”
“No. I didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask, since I’d never spoken to her before.”
“Thank you.” I walked past her and stepped onto the elevator.
Once I got inside the cab, I pulled my phone out and called Caleb.
“Hey, Gabriel, what’s up?”
“I need you to come over as soon as possible. I need to talk to you. I was wrong about Kate and now she’s gone.”
“What? Where is she?”
“I don’t know. I’ll explain everything when you get to the house.”
“I’m on my way, bro.”
Caleb pulled up behind me as I stepped out of the cab.
“What do you mean you were wrong about her?” he asked.
“She wasn’t the one who told Marcel about the plans for the hotel.”
“Oh, now you believe her?” he spoke with a snide tone.
As soon as we stepped inside the house, I grabbed the recorder and played it for Caleb.
“I can’t believe she actually did it,” he spoke as he slowly shook his head.
“What did you say?” I looked at him. “Did you know about this?”
“After breakfast, I went to her apartment and she was just leaving to go to Marcel’s place. She said she had a plan and I told her not to do it. That it was too risky.”
“Why didn’t you tell me!” I shouted at him.
“Because you already made up your mind that she was guilty, and you told her she was a vile human being. I honestly didn’t think she would get Marcel to confess.”
“She’s Kate Harper. Have you forgotten? Damn it, Caleb! I can’t believe you didn’t tell me.”
“She told me not to, and if I had, you would have gone after her and blown her cover. Just forget about Kate for a minute. What are you going to do about Thaddeus and Marcel?”
“I’m calling my lawyer right now.” I pulled my phone from my pocket as I shook my head at him.
* * *
Itossed and turned all night, thinking about Kate. I no longer cared about the hotel. None of that mattered to me anymore. I fucked up so badly that I was afraid Grace was right. Kate would never be able to forgive me for the things I said to her. But I had to try, and I needed to find her. I would bet the one person who would know where she went would be her father.
I had Carl drive me to Rikers Island, where I cleared security and waited in the visiting room for Henry.
“May I help you?” he asked as he walked into the room.
“Henry, I’m Gabriel Quinn.”
