EXT. to INT. - RAY'S APARTMENT - AFTERNOON
Cici slipped out of Ray's apartment, dying inside. She'd bungled Gerri's visit badly, worried now the detective would start digging. What was wrong with her? She knew better, understood the bheast inside the redhead would never allow her to let this go. Gerri was a dog with a bone she needed to dig up and expose.
But the moment Gerri entered her office, Cici's heart plummeted to her stomach and all the stress of her assignment-and Simone Paris's influence-hit her as though she'd been struck with a baseball bat. She couldn't control the overreaction of anger, the spurt of bitterness. Not aimed at Gerri, though the redhead was an easy target.
At Mama Roan. And the vile woman who owned her soul.
It took forever for Ray to fall asleep despite the
