I left Ebony a note, saying I was going to my townhouse to have a shower and get ready for work. I appreciated the effort she went to the night before, but I really wanted some time on my own, time to process Ferdinand’s deception and betrayal, and time to work out the depth of the embezzlement of funds by Steven in Sapphire Publishing.
Sandy was waiting for me outside my office door. He didn’t speak. He stood aside while I unlocked the door and keyed in the alarm code. When we were both inside, he gave me the don’t lie to me look and walked into the kitchen. I could hear the kettle boiling. ‘Don’t make me an instant coffee. I couldn’t face it.’
don’t lie to me‘Good to see you are still precious about unimportant stuff,’ Sandy grunted, while he made real coffee.
He sat on the other side
