Love A Comeback – Ruthie Knox

By “everybody,” Vic meant celebrities, Hollywood VIPs, network executives and their young wives and angry daughters, and nepo babies. This information was enough to convince Sam that Ashleigh was legit. It did not reassure her about Ashleigh’s character, however. “Since it’s so late,” she said, “could we get right to it and talk about why you’ve been tailing us?”

Ashleigh’s expression went from welcoming to professionally blank in the blink of an eye. “The short answer is no. We can’t.” “We’re going to have to.” Sam marshaled the remaining crumbs of her self-control. “Unless you’re interested in talking to the police. What you’ve been doing all day is a crime.” Ashleigh held up a finger, her shiny, gold-on-burgundy acrylics catching the light.

“You are welcome to initiate a cease-and-desist with me and my legal associates, which I will share with my client.” “And who is that?” Sam dropped into the last available chair. It looked like it had seen some things. She crossed her arms, trying to affect the full power of her celebrity. It was difficult. She felt rumpled, gritty with sand, slightly windburned, and so hungry that her eyes were crossing.

This time, Ashleigh’s smile was a sharky one. “No.” It was a complete sentence. Sam regrouped. If what Vic had said about Ashleigh’s reputation was true —mainly that Ashleigh always delivered for her clients because she knew everyone and everything—then Sam could reasonably assume the PI was aware of their interest in Ramona.

Moreover, since Ashleigh had said she had a client, they could assume Ashleigh’s client also knew they had a connection to Ramona and her disappearance. Sam did not like that. She liked even less that Ashleigh, an investigator in the know about Ramona, seemed willing to make decisions that didn’t prioritize Ramona’s well-being. As far as Sam was concerned, it meant that this PI worked for the other side. Bex straightened and scooted forward in her seat. The shift in position allowed her to plant her feet on the floor.

“I’m stuck on figuring out a puzzle. Why would a PI who has a reputation for being the best of the best at surveillance make herself so obviously known to us?” She pointed her chin at Ashleigh. “Sam has spotted you repeatedly since this morning. I have to ask myself, Did Ashleigh Chambers, perhaps, want to be seen?”

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