Cordelia Patton glanced up and across the conference room table at Melanie Sorenson. The model was clutching a bunch of tissues in one hand, and holding on to her boyfriend Zane Evans’ hand with the other. Melanie was babbling – again, some more – about her stalker, and Cordelia nodded sympathetically as she typed away on her laptop.
John Griffin and Selena Perez had asked her to take this meeting with them, ostensibly to take minutes, but in actuality, to observe the potential clients’ body language. Griff had a weird feeling about Melanie and Zane, but he’d told Cordelia that he couldn’t quite put his finger on what was bugging him. It was crystal clear to Cordelia what the matter was, though: Melanie was lying about having a stalker. And Zane was in on it.
Griff smiled at the ‘distrau
