Chapter 20: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire?

What Elisa Warth said had almost scared the piss out of me. A woman like her was capable of anything. If she really cried assault, never mind this deal and my job, the police might haul me in for questioning. Losing my job would have been the least of it. Having my name ruined by a woman like that would've been a real injustice. If the police really pinned charges on me, how would I face my folks back home, how would I face Colette Warth? The thought sent a chill down my spine. In the dead heat of...