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Jesska gasped. “Don’t tell me my virile, albeit, very old man, is fading on me.”
“I just need to get my second wind.”
She grinned. “I can help with that.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yep. Consider me the wind beneath your wings.”
Kaspar laughed. “If I were a bird, I would be grateful.”
Jesska giggled. “It’s an old song. Bette Midler did a cover. How and why I know that, I haven’t got a clue.”
“Your mind is like a steel trap, elskan. You never cease to amaze me.” Kaspar removed the rest of his clothes and stepped into the bath, holding his hand out to her.
Jesska undressed and climbed in with him, settling herself between his legs, her back to his chest. “So, what happened?”
“Camilla was loyal to Alice, and Camilla was the one who found someone to hide the girls when they were taken.”
Jesska stretched her neck to look at him. “But no one seemed to know where they were.”
Kaspar nodded. “That’s because the woman who warned me was the one who stopped Sophia being taken, and apparently, there was another nurse before her who had stepped in on behalf of Pepper. After that, the information gets fuzzy, because the original nurse is dead. But it would seem she was able to use her gift of manipulation to get Pepper out of Iceland at about the time Charlotte was born. She brought them to the States, and Pepper was given to a childless couple, while Charlotte was given to the Whitmores, who’d lost their child at birth.”
Jesska whistled. “The logistics of all of that.”
“I know. And it all started because two people were at war with one another. All those lives destroyed and interrupted for revenge.”
“Total War of the Roses kind of thing.”
“Yes.”
“What will happen with Camilla?”
“She will be exiled somewhere she can’t hurt anyone ever again. Along with anyone else attached to her and this scheme. Erik is being dealt with on Kade’s end, and I have a sneaky suspicion he’ll be sent to wherever Alice is.”
Jesska giggled. “Poetic justice, considering they were each just as bad as the other. Cheating to get back at someone for cheating is stupid.”
“Yes.” He sighed. “I will have to find a new assistant, which will take some time.”
“What about Camilla’s assistant?”
He shook his head. “She knew what Camilla was doing and didn’t say a word.”
“See? Bitches be loco,” Jesska said.
Kaspar grimaced. “Perhaps I should hire a man next.”
Jesska smiled. “I could do it.”
“I’m sorry?”
“I’ve been an administrative assistant for several types of executives for a while now.” She looked up at him. “And who better than someone you know will always be loyal? ‘Hire for attitude, train for skill’ is my motto.”
“You would want to do that? Work for me? It’s a demandingjob, and not without stress.”
She shrugged. “Why not? You can help me figure things out, and I can yell at you if you’re mean.”
He chuckled. “I’ll think about it.”
