I care enough not to want her in the hospital. I keep the words sealed tightly behind my lips. It wouldn’t do me any good now to give Tom another weakness to exploit.
But he sees right through me. “Aw, isn’t that sweet? Someone’s got a heart after all. Thought all that money was turning you into a snob like your daddy.”
“Tom, I will call the cops.”
“Nah, see, I don’t think you will. I mean, do you really want the police here?” He gestures broadly at the hotel. “Your boyfriend certainly wouldn’t appreciate it.”
“Sure, whatever. You think I don’t read the papers? You think I don’t know you hooked up with a mob boss? By all means, let’s call the cops. See what they think of that.”
“—and if you think I’m going to just hand over Charlie, you’re even stupider than I remembered.”
That gets
