CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Apprehending Elise
At three o’clock Friday afternoon, Sable’s birthday, the caterers, florists, and other professionals were still readying Venusburg and the lower level of Sable’s mansion for her Big Four-Oh Party. Nastassia marched Matt Dorman into the Delta section of Venusburg, where Sable was waiting, and made him kneel before Sable. “Sorry for the delay,” Nastassia apologized. “Elise kept lingering around her house. She made it hard for me to capture Matt without being spotted.”
Sable thanked Nastassia and turned to Matt. “What is Elise up to?”
“I’ll never tell,” Matt declared. His bushy, black brows furrowed and his eyes turned to slits behind his thick glasses. Through his posturing, nearly a caricature, Matt bluffed resistance but really intended to provoke th
