Chapter 136

I blinked. ‘What do you mean?’ ‘If I hadn’t been here, do you have any idea how dangerous this could’ve got?’ ‘I...’ I hesitated. He wasn’t yelling. That somehow made it worse. ‘I didn’t know it would turn into this. I heard Miss Davis’s voice note. She asked me to dinner. I wasn’t going to ignore it.’ ‘And once you realised it was a setup, why didn’t you leave immediately?’ ‘I couldn’t. Not right away.’ He tugged at his tie and exhaled heavily. ‘Why didn’t you call me?’ I shrugged, sheepish. ‘I wanted to see what they were up to. And then I found out about Gary Maxwell taking bribes. I got, um, interested.’ ‘So you stayed and talked to him, knowing full well he had designs on you?’ ‘I can take care of myself,’ I protested. ‘Fine, yeah, maybe I took a risk, but it was a minimal one. This is a public place. If things go wrong, I could yell. And I didn’t drink any of the wine.’ That seemed to placate him somewhat. At least his jaw was no longer clenched. ‘I got him to spill how much he t