“I don’t have to believe anything of the kind. If you really love me, then fire her.”

He looked like he’d just been told that his dog died. “Kate. I can’t do that.”

“Of course not! I guess your proclamation of love is just empty words.”

“This isn’t you. You’re not an unfair person. How can you ask me to fire her when she’s doing a good job? When if it weren’t for her father, I probably would have never even gone to college and had a career? I can cut her off personally, but I won’t fire her.”

“Then we have nothing else to talk about. I’ll expect you out by the end of the day.”

His voice rose now. “I’m not going anywhere until you’re out of danger.”

She would call her attorney and see if there was a way to make him leave. “I’m just going to sit here, then. So if you want to get any work done, you’d better go to your real office.” She wanted him out of the house while she talked to Anderson.

He stood up, grabbed his briefcase, and threw some papers in. “Fine. But I’ll be back tonight.”

She left the room and went back to the kitchen to check on Annabelle.

“Annabelle wants to go and see the horses,” Hilda told her.

“All right,” Kate said. “Just make sure you take a guard with you.”

She heard the garage door opening. Simon was leaving—good. She poured herself a cup of coffee and pulled out a sheet of paper. She needed to write everything down for Anderson. Sabrina could have sent the flowers to Selby’s if Simon told her they would be there.

A noise made her look up. Blaire had come in.

“Hey, you. How’re you doing?”

Kate put the pen down. “I’m nervous. Simon was just talking to her on the phone. I’ve been thinking. What if Simon is the one who snuck that picture into Annabelle’s coloring book? He’s an architect; he can draw. For that matter, Sabrina can too.”

“I guess that’s possible.”

“I told him to move out, but he refused. I did get him to at least go to his office today.”

Blaire poured herself a cup of coffee and took a seat at the table. “So he’ll be here for Annabelle’s party tomorrow night.”

“Yeah. I can’t keep him from that, but I’m going to talk to my lawyer and see what I can do to get him to move out of the house. I called Anderson. He’s on his way over now.”

“I think you’re on the right track,” Blaire said.