35 “Goddamn them both!” Drake finally gave up and slammed his phone down on the small table of the C-38 Gulfstream G100 business jet. “You know what Miranda’s like,” Elizabeth didn’t show the least bit of sympathy. “Antagonizing her won’t help a bit. What’s really bothering you?” “I told her it was of the utmost urgency, then she doesn’t call me back when she solved the crash.” “You know that’s not what’s making you angry.” And that was the problem with sleeping with someone. They got to know you too well, could read you too easily. With Patty, that hadn’t been a problem. She’d been a sweet, gentle soul who he’d started dating in high school. She’d been a housewife and active in the church that she believed in much more than he did. Around her, he’d been able to leave work at work, u

