11
At dinner time, Richie sat across from Rebecca at one of his favorite restaurants, The Jade Dragon. He’d been stunned when she called and suggested dinner tonight.
He had brought Rebecca to the Jade Dragon the first evening they spent together—last Christmas Eve. He never dreamed back then that he and Rebecca Rulebook—which was how he used to think of her and, come to think of it, still did—would continue to be together several months later.
Since today was the 24th of the month, it was, in his mind, an anniversary of sorts. But he would never admit anything so sappy to Rebecca.
He knew she was upset about Kiki’s attack and busy working on Inga Westergaard’s murder—still trying to find the woman’s boyfriend as well as a motive for her death. But beyond that, he hoped that tonight he
