CHAPTER TWELVE
Elise’s Dark Side
At six the next morning, Nastassia scrubbed Vance clean again and tended to his wounds before Sable explained in detail her plot to hold the Landry and Grubber computer system for ransom—while framing Arch and Elise Weiss for perpetrating the scam. She had lost touch with Matt and didn’t know how to implicate him. Nastassia’s bath and Sable’s stern lecture bore an outward resemblance to Vance’s initial bondage to the two women. But they raised the stakes. Each time Vance shook his head or showed any other sign of reluctance toward Sable’s plot, she reminded him, “Grant me my three wishes, or I will ruin you.”
Sable explained that they must first set up a meeting with Elise. Vance phoned her on her cell phone, and she answered on the second ring. Elise se
