“Nope - he ain’t here,” snapped the intercom.
“Tell him I’ve got a message from Tondelli - tell him Anna loves him! Geddit!” she half shouted at the seedy chipped door.
A reply crackled out, “Yeah.”
She crossed back to the car, hit the soft top control and took off South towards Highway One with her raven hair streaming back in the wind like the tail of a galloping horse. Nothing had surprised her. She had not expected Linda La Salle to welcome her to her home or to be offered the red carpet at Pete’s gym. At least they all knew she was here. Stage one was over. Stage two was for another day.
Chapter 27The first gray light of dawn was in the sky as she walked from the hotel down to the path that ran along the coast. Dressed in trainers, jogging bottoms and her Bench top she began to ru
