The PainThe clock struck half past eleven. Pearson stood facing away outside the door, hands behind his back. “May I help you, mum?”
I handed him the letters. “Is Master Rainbow here?”
“No, mum, he and Mr. Anthony left together. They aren’t expected back until after dinner.”
I returned to my study. I’d hoped to get Morton’s impressions on the matter, but it would have to wait.
Someone had tried to kill Morton once already by bombing his yacht as he slept. Although Morton disagreed, I felt certain this was the work of Frank Pagliacci and his false Red Dog Gang. Then Birdie shot at Morton outside Vig’s saloon. My guess was that Birdie was one of Frank Pagliacci’s lovers, who he was using as he used Dame Anastasia, Zia, and who knows how many others.
Morton’s encounter with Birdie the ni
