Just One Bite – Miranda Rijks

It may take a few minutes to bring it out of the vault. One- hundred-dollar bills alright?’ I nod and sign the form. Those minutes feel like hours. What am I doing sitting in a bank, about to defraud my business partners, giving in to the demands of a blackmailer? I’m tempted to bolt. To change my mind. Tell the bank manager that I don’t need the cash after all. Call Riley and demand to see her. Except then there’s a ping on my phone. It’s from yet another number I don’t recognize.

I have come armed with a big duffel bag, but I completely overestimated the amount of space needed for $50,000 in cash. The bills take up about the same space as a couple of paperbacks. I slide the stacks into the bag and literally race out of the bank. I am not in a good headspace for filming except we need to get at least one recipe shot this afternoon; otherwise we’ll be massively behind.

It’s the first time ever I really don’t want to be here. Normally I’d walk into the studio with a slight adrenaline rush, grateful that I’m being paid to do something I love. But now it feels like I’m setting myself up for failure. I’m carrying the duffel bag with the money in it, and it’s difficult to imagine that no one can see inside; that no one will guess I’m hauling around an obscene amount of cash.

And that later I will be giving in to the demands of a blackmailer. As I walk into the studio, I immediately sense the awful atmosphere. The normal chatter of voices drops to silence as I walk onto the set. I greet everyone with a weirdly high-pitched, ‘Hey, everyone!’ but the response is almost mute. Great. I put my purse and the bag with the money in it in a locker and slide the key into my skirt pocket.

Beau takes me to one side. ‘I want to do this in as few takes as possible,’ he says. ‘Get it?’ Well, of course he does. Michele passes me in the corridor as I’m heading to visit Delancey for my hair and makeup. ‘You okay?’

JUST ONE BITE is a work of fiction. People, places, events, and situations are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems.

OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Inkubator Books Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Free Short Story Offer ONE LITTLE MISTAKE A LETTER FROM MIRANDA Also By Miranda Rijks OceanofPDF.com For Jan Smith, my awesome editor.

Thank you! OceanofPDF.com JOIN THE INKUBATOR MAILING LIST You will be the first to learn about new releases plus the many FREE and discounted Kindle books we offer! bit.ly/3dOTSW2 OceanofPDF.com PROLOGUE ‘Are you sure it’s okay for us to have a look around?’ I ask, feeling nervy. ‘Of course. What’s theirs is mine, and what’s mine is theirs.’ It’s a mess in here. Dusty, broken beams and concrete slabs. And so much scaffolding it’s created a network of metal poles and wood that resembles a real-life game of pickup sticks.

It’s like the building has an exoskeleton inside and out. It makes me dizzy just to look at it. ‘Right, let’s go up.’ ‘Really?’ I ask. ‘Sure. I want to have a proper look. Where do you think the money for this conversion is actually coming from?’ I smile, a rictus-like grin. I perfected my smiles a long time ago. We go up, slowly and carefully. I’ve been up here before and frankly don’t know what all the fuss is about.

It’s just a barn. ‘Come over here.’ I’m beckoned along a narrow wooden board. Goodness, it is a long way down. For a moment, I’m hit by a wave of dizziness, and I can’t look. Briefly, oh so briefly, I close my eyes. And that is my biggest mistake ever. I feel the shove in the small of my back, followed immediately by a kick in my knees. It’s the shock of it.

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