glad we’ve got that settled. However, darling, having said that, I question if you read his body language correctly. Dave more likely is more jealous than bitter. And if that’s the case, it’s a darn better sign he’s not married than the fact that he wasn’t wearing a wedding ring.”
“Easy for you to say,” Trish murmured and lowered her head in dejection.
“Did you tell him you’re a free woman now?”
“That would have been difficult to explain since I was with Robert. Besides, I think I’d be wasting my time. He clearly is not interested in having me in his life.”
“You’ll never know unless you try. Don’t you know by now, darling, men don’t understand the game of love. They go blundering through it like storm troopers. It always takes the right woman to explain it to them.”
Laughing, the two women clinked their glasses. “Men,” they said in unison.
“Hey, what is that?” Trish reached over and grabbed Deb’s wrist. “New, isn’t it?” she asked, staring at the diamond and gold bracelet on Deb’s wrist. “Did you and Tom raid Tiffany’s when you were in New York?”
“Just a little bauble Tom gave me for our eighth wedding anniversary,” Deb replied, tongue-in-cheek. “Cute, isn’t it?”
“Oh, yes. Cute, Deb. There are enough diamonds there to…” Diamonds. She suddenly remembered Colin McDermott had mentioned diamonds to Robert in Morocco.
“To what?” Deb asked.
Trish snapped back to awareness. “I’m sorry, what did you say?”
“You were saying there are enough diamonds to what?”
“To blind a person, Debra Carpenter. Shame on you.”
Deb took a long look at the bracelet. “There are a lot, aren’t there?”
“I’ll say. It must have cost a mint.”
Deb’s smooth brow creased in a frown. “You don’t suppose Tom is having an affair, do you?”
“Yeah, right!” Trish scoffed. “When mules fly like Pegasus.”
The two women looked at each other, broke into laughter, and once again clinked their glasses together.
As soon as Trish returned home, she looked up the telephone number of Kim Harrington in New York, and was lucky enough to catch her at home. In loyalty to her brother, Kim refused to give her Dave’s address. After Trish explained they had run into each other again, and she had to talk to him, Kim finally conceded that at age thirty-four her big brother was old enough to handle his own problems. She relented and gave Trish Dave’s telephone number and address.
Thoughts about McDermott, Robert and diamonds kept running through Trish’s mind for the rest of the day. She had forgotten about the diamonds entirely and realized she had never mentioned them to the CIA. From what she remembered of the conversation between Robert and McDermott, the Irishman had indicated Robert had the diamonds in his possession. He would still have to have them because he and Ali had never left her before Dave and his squad showed up. And since they’d been transported home on military planes, Robert could easily have smuggled the diamonds into the country. She was curious enough to try and find out.
Trish rooted hurriedly through a dresser drawer, found what she was looking for, and hurried back to her car.
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