CHAPTER 9

Laura Anthony

If I could define that first week in New York, I would say boring. Aside from the moment we had ice cream in Times Square, everything else seemed pointless to me. She was used to accompanying businesspeople to events, but she had never worked with a celebrity. All that fan fuss over Simon was pretty irritating. I understood what his profession was, but I couldn't see what kind of threat he might be facing. Those women, at most, could be framed for indecent exposure, but I didn't see any kind of violence or psychopathy in any of them. I was already starting to miss the adrenaline of real missions. Keeping up with Simon and his band didn't seem necessary at all. Or maybe I was just annoyed at seeing so many juvenile tantrums.

—Don't understand what I'm doing here? I huffed when I got back from an interview the band had just given to the gossip site. I threw myself on the couch and placed the pistol