Page 77 of Five for Silver

Chad ignored Vincent and adjusted the mirrorto see Lucy behind him.

“DI Poole was eating up my every word today,but not you, not Chad Fuller. You weren’t listening at all.”

“I’ll listen when you say somethinginteresting.”

“These little trips, our meetings. I’vefound them quite enjoyable.”

“I’m glad someone has.”

“Why did you break your promise?”

Chad exhaled through his nose. “I didn’twant to see you.”

“Wantdoesn’t come into it. We made adeal. I helped you save Shawn. If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’thave gotten to him in time… I read that you gave him CPR until anambulance arrived.”

Chad found Vincent’s glare in the mirror.“What is this whole spectacle about?”

“I wasn’t the one who turned it into aspectacle.”

“You went to the press.”

“I can assure you I didn’t. I don’tgoto the press. They come to me, and they beg, plead andbribe me to give them something, but they get nothing from me.Someone else got them involved.”

“Why are you doing this?”

“The why is obvious. I’m angry at you fornot visiting, but what isthisexactly?”

“You talk in riddles.”

Vincent leaned between the seats. His spinecreaked, and he took an extra wheeze of oxygen. “I’ll make my wordsplain enough for you to understand. Four words.”

“Four words?”

“Will bring about your downfall.”

Chad frowned. “Let’s hear them? Do yourworst.”

“I’m not ready to speak them yet,” Vincentheld up four fingers for Chad to see. “But that’s all it’s going totake. Four words that will poison your life forever. That is how Iwin.”

Chapter Fourteen

“Four words that will poison your lifeforever.”

Chad could think of a few.

I know your secrets.

Romeo Knight is alive.

Romeo doesn’t love you.

He can’t love you.

You’ll never be enough.

Chad tightened his fist into the cushion onhis lap.

Damn Vincent Whitehall and his smug sneerand laughing eyes. Chad wanted … oh, God, heneededRomeoto—

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