CHAPTER THREE
The day went quickly for him because he kept busy. Gabrielle disappeared from her party and he lost Carla, too, after a while. He wandered around after he finished his breakfast and Carla went off to swim. He was not the type to spend the entire weekend partying, so he got into his little car and went to his own house for fresh clothing and a chance to think about what he might say to David Goodhow when he met him. Others in his organization had tried to get some business from David Goodhow and the monolithic cartel he headed, but Jim was now closer than anyone had yet gotten. And all because of Gabrielle.
He showered and shaved and slipped into fresh things while he thought about Gabrielle. He was not sure that he liked her. He suspected that there was a streak of cruelty
