When she wore heels, she and David were eye to eye. Nick had made that perfectly clear when she started asking questions about his custody battle.ĭavid approached her, rental keys in hand. If not … well, she really didn’t have much say in what he did or didn’t do. If he drove the hour to Sausalito to see her, great. He didn’t want her opinion on the matter, and she certainly wasn’t going to tell him she would be eagerly awaiting his unconfirmed arrival. What could she say? That she understood? She didn’t, and she wasn’t going to lie to Nick about how she felt. She dropped her smartphone into her purse without responding to Nick’s message. Based on everything Max had been told, Nancy Santini was manipulative and vindictive, and why Nick couldn’t see it, she didn’t know. Max hadn’t met Nancy Santini, but she doubted she’d like the woman who was attempting to prevent a good father like Nick from spending time with his own child.

His ex-wife was fighting for sole custody of their son Logan and Nick had a critical meeting with his lawyer. Maybe what bothered Max the most was that she’d had to push him before he told her the truth. Something about his excuse didn’t ring true, so she’d pressed him for the reason. He said he had to swap shifts at the last minute. But Nick called her Thursday night and canceled. She’d planned on flying in a few days before her scheduled meeting with the detective in charge of the Ivy Lake homicide-thus avoiding flying on a holiday. Max didn’t know why she was still so irritated at Nick. I’ll find time later this week to come up for a day.

I know you’re angry that I canceled our plans this weekend. A dozen messages down the inbox was a message from her lover, Detective Nick Santini. They took a shuttle to the car rental lot and David handled the paperwork while Max scanned her e-mail.

Max didn’t like traveling on holidays, but with her hectic schedule she didn’t have much of a choice. Maxine Revere and her right-hand everything, David Kane, flew into SFO on Labor Day.

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