“I wanted to hear you say it.”
They spent the next hour going over Sal’s impressions of the office personnel with Olivia filling in details where she could.
“What about Newman? She looks hungry. Like she wants whatever someone else has.”
“Hungry’s a good way to describe her. She’s poached other people’s clients when she could. But kidnapping?” Olivia stopped, thought about it. “Maybe. She hasn’t made a secret of the fact that she wants to be more than an associate.”
“You know these people. Know what makes them tick. Would any of them be willing to sell out Chantry for a big payday?”
“I don’t want to believe it. But maybe...” She thought of the designer bags that Vicky carried to work, the flashy car that Bryan drove. Neither of them could afford those on their salaries. “They might.”
Sal nodded. “I thought so. I spotted the Kate Spade bag.”
Olivia couldn’t contain her spurt of surprise. “You know Kate Spade handbags?”
“I have three sisters. They’ll live on ramen soup for six months if it means they can buy a genuine Kate Spade. Our brother, Nicco, calls them purse snobs.”
She heard the amusement in the words, but there was more. There was real love, causing her to recall her childhood wish for a sister. Or a brother. It hadn’t mattered.
“You’re fortunate to have your sisters and brother.”
“We Santonnis are a loud, bossy bunch. I’ll take you to meet them one day—” He stopped abruptly.
He was remembering the same thing she was, she thought, a pang of regret spearing through her. Two years ago, they’d planned a trip to meet his family.
It had never happened.
“What about you?” he asked. “Are you into designer handbags?”
Olivia shook her head and patted her battered briefcase. “Daddy gave this to me when I graduated from law school. It’s getting pretty beat-up, but I always carry it.” Her voice caught. “It reminds me of him.
“I have to get back to work,” she said, the huskiness of her voice at odds with the teasing note of earlier.
“Yeah. And I should be talking with more of your coworkers. See what I can learn.”
He closed the door behind him, leaving Olivia feeling more alone than ever. Without her knowing how it had happened, Sal was starting to become important to her all over again. The question was, what was she going to do about it?
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