Rivals (1989)
“Charlie Rainwater waited outside to drive him to the airport.
“Thanks again for the hospitality,” he said. “I didn’t mean to impose.”
“You didn’t,” she assured him. “We’ll talk when I get back to San Francisco.”
“Right.” Then he was out the door.
Flushed with a feeling of victory, Flame closed the door behind him and turned, barely able to contain her excitement. Then she saw Maxine standing in the foyer watching her.
“Is Mr. Bronsky leaving already?” The housekeeper frowned.
“Yes.” She was ins...tantly alert, recalling the foreman’s warning that Hattie had long doubted Maxine’s loyalty. According to him, she’d never made it a secret that her sympathies were with Chance. If there was any leak at Morgan’s Walk, the housekeeper was the likely source. “Charlie’s taking him to the airport to catch his flight.”
“It seems to me it was hardly worth his time to fly out here,” the woman declared. “The two of you arrive in time for supper last night, then he takes off with Charlie first thing this morning and stays gone most of the day.MoreLess
“Thanks again for the hospitality,” he said. “I didn’t mean to impose.”
“You didn’t,” she assured him. “We’ll talk when I get back to San Francisco.”
“Right.” Then he was out the door.
Flushed with a feeling of victory, Flame closed the door behind him and turned, barely able to contain her excitement. Then she saw Maxine standing in the foyer watching her.
“Is Mr. Bronsky leaving already?” The housekeeper frowned.
“Yes.” She was ins...tantly alert, recalling the foreman’s warning that Hattie had long doubted Maxine’s loyalty. According to him, she’d never made it a secret that her sympathies were with Chance. If there was any leak at Morgan’s Walk, the housekeeper was the likely source. “Charlie’s taking him to the airport to catch his flight.”
“It seems to me it was hardly worth his time to fly out here,” the woman declared. “The two of you arrive in time for supper last night, then he takes off with Charlie first thing this morning and stays gone most of the day.MoreLess
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