It was just after eleven pm when they were finally finished with me and told me I could leave. The detectives would be calling me tomorrow, and then they will tell me when I will be cleared to fly home. Obviously, I will be needed back here to testify when the case goes to court, but I’ll be more than happy to sit there and look Chester straight in the eye. I’ll help put him away again for a long time on a case of attempted murder which is what they have charged him with.

I have given all the suggestions to them that they need to look at his computer and phone, because how else could he have known who I am and what my relationship to Harper is? Ghost posted an anonymous post earlier this morning on a fairly small socialite page in St. Tropez that doesn’t have many followers, of Harper and me out on Saturday night in the bar we were at. It was a photo that Flynn had snapped of the two of us on the dance floor and sent it through to Ashton when he said he needed something, and we didn’t want to ask any of the girls and freak them out. It’s not the best shot, which is perfect because then it looks authentic. This site will show up in the search history of Chester’s computer, which will link into why he started to search for me this morning. All the fake stories Ghost planted will be gone, and they assure me that not a soul will be able to trace them.

Ashton was waiting for me in my hotel room once I was dropped off by the taxi, and he just shook his head at me, then took me in a hug. He lectured me on going into the fight after he pulled the knife but then told me that he was proud of how I handled him. He then fussed around for a few minutes, making sure I was okay. He had been in contact with the guys, assured them I was fine and that I would call them in the morning. The painkillers are now kicking in, and even if I wanted to, there is no way I could hold a conversation.

Tomorrow I’ll be happy to talk, but tonight, I just need sleep.

And to work out how I’m going to explain all this to Harper without having my life threatened for a second time.

Chapter Twenty-One

HARPER