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“He was just here,” I said, sinking onto my mattress

“What? Oh my God! Why? I really tried not to let him know you tere serious, Jamie, I swear”

“I know Judging by the a to come and see me even before your visit He had a whole litany of extreo”

“Christ Have you called Dmitri yet?”

“No I wanted to call you first,to your father’s office”

“D to be so pissed thatto go and confront hi around as she ranted, high heels clicking on hardwood “Maybe we shouldn’t tell him Well, shit, we kind of have to tell hi to stir up a whole fuckload of trouble” Her pacing accelerated – click, click, click, click

“Look, let ht?”

“Yeah, ok It’ll probably be better co from you And maybe do it in person, not over the phone You know, in case you need to physically restrain hiht be a way to go” I had to wonder if she was kidding

“Is Dmitri home yet?”

“No”

“Do you really think you can avoid blurting this out the moment he walks in the door?” I asked

“No So it’s a good thing I’ D to be pissed about”

“What?”

“I kind of made a date with one of my father’s employees”

I raised an eyebrow and asked, “Employee in what capacity?”

“Oh, you know Personal assistant Driver Bag man”

“What?”

“I’ Kind of I’m not actually sure what he does But I’ll find out After I jump his bones”

“Christ, Catherine Don’t we have enough proble reckless?”