24 Katherine woke up the next morning to a string of pissed off phone calls and texts from Christian. She expected it and forwarded all the messages to Gary to review. Guess he saw the interview. She did the right thing. He didn’t like having his s**t aired on television, but it was the only way he’d ever back off. He was using her, and he would keep using her if she didn’t put a stop to it. So she did. Katherine tossed her phone on the nightstand and sighed. It was mostly empty, like all nightstands in hotels. An alarm clock, a lamp, and a notepad. Nothing personal. Nothing like being at Dillon’s. Staying in the hotel was a rude awakening after being with Dillon for a week. For someone who had a life in hotels, Katherine was feeling twitchy after just a couple nights back in them. It

