Chapter Thirty Nine
Monday, Evening
Caroline had explained everything to Joe while they were curled up on the sofa together. It took a while because she had a couple of glasses of wine with lunch and several more with dinner. Despite this she knew it was important to omit Ben’s attempt to blackmail Dalim into s*x from the story, in order to respect the young woman’s privacy.
“When it came right down to it, all our efforts to sort this out counted for nothing. It was Dalim who got rid of Ben for us. Hurrah!” Caroline summarised in a decidedly tipsy fashion.
“And to think I was the one who got rewarded the other night,” Joe admitted.
They both laughed.
“Are you suggesting I need to offer Dalim a similar reward?” Caroline’s eyes were wide and bright. She saw a beautiful tableau in her m
