“Nonsense. I receive her schedule before you do. Stand aside.”
“She doesn’t wish to see you, sir,” Blitz said. “I’m sorry.”
“Are you really going to keep me from my wife?”
“As her butler, yes, sir, I must allow in only those she wishes.”
“And why is that? Has she seduced you too?”
Blitz recoiled, and I could tell from his stance that he felt hurt.
I pushed Blitz aside. “How dare you speak of me so!”
Tony’s face turned red. “Jacqui —”
“No. I want you gone.”
“I need to talk to you —”
“By insulting me and threatening my butler? Your cousin! And you’ve insulted him as well. You’re behaving like a scoundrel!”
“Jacqui —” He glanced around; several of the neighbors peered out. “Can we at least go inside?”
“Anything you want to say you can say here.” I could imagine his reaction to my
