Chapter Nine I’d halfway expected to have Naomi pop into my kitchen and demand to hear all the details about my dinner with Ben Blake, but apparently she hadn’t noticed his comings and goings, or she’d been out for the evening and had missed the whole thing. Either way, I wasn’t going to mention it to her. Neither would I bring up Eloy’s little visit and the warnings he’d given me. I didn’t much care for the way he’d said it, but I understood the warning. Naomi was my friend, and I didn’t want to do anything that might hinder her career. She texted me later that day to let me know she had a bunch of meetings and then had to tape some shows, so she would be slammed for the next few days. I told her I totally understood and that I had my hands full with the puppies anyway. That wasn’t even

