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move,” said Dominic. He pulled a card out of his pocket and pushed
it across the table towards me. “My understanding is that you are
continuing to work at the club. I would be very appreciative if you
were to contact me if any further information should come your
way.”
    I reluctantly picked up his card and looked
at it carefully. I knew I was being paranoid but a part of me was
concerned that there could be a tracking device embedded in it.
Based on what I knew about Dominic Caldwell, I wouldn’t be
surprised.
    Turning over the card I looked up at him.
“Why me?” I asked. “There are so many ways that you can find out
the information that you want. Why did you come to me?”
    Dominic
smiled. “It is true that I am following other lines of inquiry.
Getting this land is important to me. Still, I find I value your
insights into these matters. You have a refreshing way of looking
at life. If you were available I would be interested in offering
you a position on my staff.”
    For a moment I forgot to breathe. I was being
head hunted by a man who, depending on which rumor you listened to,
may or may not perform that activity literally.
    “ Thank you,”
I said, remembering to breathe again, although I did find that my
voice was pitched a little high. “At this time I don’t think that I
am looking for another position. I’m quite happy where I
am.”
    Dominic stood
up, picked up my hand and brushed a gentle kiss across the back of
my knuckles. “Until we meet again,” he said.
    I started breathing again when he walked out
of the door of the diner.

Chapter Eight
    Closing the door
to my apartment, I leaned back against it and closed my eyes. Here
I felt safe.
    “Did you want to tell me what you’ve been
doing?”
    My eyes flew open and I stopped a scream when
I saw it was Griffin.
    “What are you doing here?” I was smiling. I
couldn’t help it. Griffin had come back. We were going to discuss
our issues like adults and sort them out. Our relationship would
survive and we would come out of this stronger. Griffin would
realize how much he loved me and everything would be perfect.
    “ You were
having lunch with Dominic Caldwell,” Griffin accused.
    I raised my eyes to the heavens. I could not
catch a break. “How on Earth did you know that? I only left him
about twenty minutes ago.”
    “ Take your
pick,” said Griffin. “There is more than one law enforcement agency
keeping an eye on the guy and when he sits down to lunch with my
girlfriend I start getting phone calls.”
    At least that was one question for the day
answered, Griffin still considered that I was his girlfriend.
    “I was sitting in a diner having lunch when
he came up to speak to me. It seems that Hammy owed him some money,
because that is the way my life goes. He wondered if I had any
ideas who could have possibly killed Hammy.”
    “And he was asking you because...”
    “Because for some reason the man values my
opinion.”
    Griffin looked at me skeptically. I was with
him. Dominic Caldwell’s unswerving confidence in my powers of
observation and deduction caused me to question the man’s grasp on
reality.
    “Are there any other men that I should be
worried about you keeping company with?” asked Griffin. “I mean in
twenty four hours I find you spending time in a strip club with
Cooper and then having a friendly lunch with Dominic Caldwell.”
    Just like that my dreams of a mature
discussion and loving reconciliation went out of the window.
    “ It wasn’t my
fault,” I said, wondering if I was overusing that phrase. “Dominic
came and spoke to me about Hammy’s death. He was in the middle of
buying the land that the club is on in repayment for some debts
Hammy had with him. According to Dominic, the death happened at an
unfortunate time during the negotiations.” I grimaced a bit. That
sounded a little bit too much like something Dominic would say. I
was beginning to sound like him. I was going to have to nip that in
the