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‘What?’
‘I got a letter this morning, in the post. It had the word “bitch” on it. It was like one of those ransom notes you get in movies. All the letters were cut up out of a newspaper.’
‘Oh my God!’
‘It’s my father and that’s just the start.’
‘Freya, why haven’t you told Nick?’
‘Because I want to try and handle this myself.’
‘I really think you should tell Nick.’
‘I will tell him, just not yet.’
‘Well, if you’re sure you know what you’re doing.’
‘Yeah, I do. Listen, I’m going to have to go because I’ve left Nick at the roulette wheel with two hundred thousand dollars in chips coming and I’ve told you what he’s like at gambling.’
‘You said he couldn’t back a winner in a one-horse race.’
‘Exactly. I’ll ring you tomorrow.’
‘Oh, hang on, while you’re on the phone… just tell Nick someone came round today to check the alarm system. It’s all working fine.’
‘Oh that’s good. Yes, he said it was due to be checked. I’ll tell him.’
Hearing that news made her slightly calmer about the situation. Emma, Yiannis and now Melly were her family. They meant more to her than anything.
‘OK, bye,’ Emma ended.
Freya put her mobile back into her handbag and took the chance to look at herself in the mirror. Seeing herself with brown hair surprised her for a second. She’d almost forgotten she’d dyed it. She pushed her hair behind her ears and adjusted her glasses. It was a different look and that was the main thing.
She left the ladies room and made her way back into the main room of the casino. Nicholas wasn’t sat where she’d left him.
There were two new players, a man and a woman, and Sammy was taking bets for the next spin.
‘Hey, Sammy. Where did Nick go? Please don’t tell me he lost everything already. I was only gone ten minutes.’ She took a swig from her bottle of beer.
‘He got a call from your driver and left. I think he tried to call you.’
‘Oh.’ She got back off her chair and walked towards the exit.
As she reached the door, Nicholas came back into the room. He had a serious expression on his face and straight away took Freya by the arm.
‘We’ve got to go.’ He urged her towards the door.
‘What? What’s going on?’
He led her into the lobby. ‘We’ve got to wait for the cops to get here.’ He pressed a button for the elevator.
‘Police? What for? What’s happened? Why did Mikey call you?’
‘The manager wants us to wait in his office.’ He ran a hand through his hair.
‘Nick, what’s going on? For God’s sake, tell me.’
The lift bell rang and the doors opened.
