Sidney Sheldon - Sidney Sheldon’s Chasing Tomorrow

Tracy giggled. ‘Tomorrow morning we’re on a private plane to São Paulo, then on to Tunisia for the honeymoon. It’s too dangerous to fly direct from Rio. Pierpont or his goons might be waiting at the airport.’

Jeff looked at her lovingly. ‘You’ve thought of everything, haven’t you, darling?’

‘I try.’

Tracy leaned into him. She tried to remember if she had ever felt quite this happy before but nothing came to mind. I’m Mrs Stevens. Mrs Jeff Stevens! she told herself, over and over. The scam she’d run on Pierpont had gone perfectly. Now she and Jeff really would go straight and leave this crazy life behind them. Jeff could follow his dream of becoming an archaeologist, something he’d always been passionate about. And Tracy could fulfil her dreams too.

A baby. A baby of my own. Mine and Jeff’s.

They would settle down to a normal, domestic life together and live happily ever after.

Tracy closed her eyes and imagined it.

‘I must say, I was pleased you went for such a traditional wedding,’ observed Gunther, from the driver’s seat. ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.’

‘We did?’ Tracy and Jeff exchanged puzzled glances.

‘Why yes.’ Gunther smiled. ‘Tracy used the “barred winner” scam on Pierpont. Where she had the winning ticket – in this case the land ripe for development – but couldn’t claim the prize herself. That’s as old as the hills.’

Jeff grinned. ‘Okay, I get it. So go on, then, Gunther. What was new?’

‘The money!’ Tracy laughed.

‘Quite so. The money is new. New to you, at least,’ said Gunther.

‘Tracy’s identity was borrowed,’ said Jeff. ‘I’m getting good at this game. But what’s blue?’

Gunther Hartog arched an elegant eyebrow. ‘I imagine,’ he said, ‘that Mr Maximilian Pierpont is blue. At this precise moment, in fact, I should say that our old friend Mr Pierpont is feeling very blue indeed.’

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