Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Toots raced around the kitchen, opening and closing drawers. “Where is my address book? I
Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Fortunately, Toots’s travel agent had been able to book Sophie’s, Mavis’s, and Ida’s flig
Chapter 5
Chapter 6 “Bernice,” Toots announced, “you’ve outdone yourself again. I don’t know when I’ve enjoye
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 “California? What am I supposed to do about Walter?” Sophie squealed. “He’s on the brink
Chapter 7
Chapter 8 Money talks. On the spur of the moment, Toots hired a private jet for their trip to Calif
Chapter 8
Chapter 9 Liz’s shop was designed with privacy in mind. There were no price tags on the clothes, no
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 Abby Simpson was as beautiful as the stars she wrote about, maybe even more so if she be
Chapter 10
Chapter 11 In the room across the hall, Sophie was engrossed in reading the pile of tabloids Toots
Chapter 11
Chapter 12 As usual, Toots woke up at five A.M. even though it’d been after three when she went to
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 Ten million bucks! By the time he paid off the mortgage on The Informer plus his gamblin
Chapter 14 As soon as the plane landed and it was permissible to turn cell phones on, Toots called
Chapter 14
Chapter 15 Before she could change her mind, Abby dialed Chris’s cell phone number. She hadn’t seen
Chapter 15
Chapter 16 Toots decked herself out in a teal skirt with a matching blouse and silver sandals. She
Chapter 16
Chapter 17 Toots embraced her daughter in a tight hug, then latched on to Chris. “I’m so thrilled y
Chapter 17
Chapter 18 Michael “Micky” Constantine opened the locker for the umpteenth time. He peered inside—e
Chapter 18
Chapter 19 For the first time in years, Toots didn’t feel like eating her morning bowl of Froot Loo
Chapter 19
Chapter 20 Abby gathered up the papers containing the sliver of information she’d printed off the I
Chapter 20
Chapter 21 Though Chris knew that the missing ten million dollars was in an account in the Bank of
Chapter 21
Chapter 22 “I promise you won’t die, Ida. If I thought that for a skinny minute, do you think I’d s
Chapter 22
Chapter 23 An hour later, Dr. Sameer and Toots escorted Ida to the waiting limo, Sophie and Mavis t
Chapter 24 Richard Allen Goodwin remained a betting man even though in the past the odds rarely wen
Chapter 24
Chapter 25 Unsure what to make of Rag’s sudden disappearance, Abby decided to shelve the man’s depa
Chapter 25
Chapter 26 Chris checked his watch for the hundredth time. Twenty-eight seconds since he’d checked
Chapter 26
Chapter 27 The Buzz was the current hot spot for celebrities in Hollywood, or so said the Style Net
Chapter 27
Chapter 28 Leaning back on the headrest, Abby sighed. “I can’t believe I ate three chili dogs! I ju
Chapter 28
Chapter 29 Toots, Sophie, Mavis, and Ida gathered around the dining room table in Toots’s bungalow.
Chapter 29
Chapter 30 Chris crawled out of bed, making his way to the kitchen. After his conversation with Abb
Chapter 30
Chapter 31 Toots called Henry Whitmore as soon as she woke up. It was six o’clock on the East Coast
Chapter 31
Chapter 32 After he doused the offices with gasoline, Micky Constantine tossed a match in Rag’s off
Chapter 32
Chapter 33 When Abby learned The Informer was about to go up in smoke, she called the police to rep
Chapter 34 Sophie lit another cigarette and puffed furiously. Smoking always seemed to help when he
Chapter 34
Chapter 35 The private jet was wheels down at one o’clock in the afternoon. Within minutes, a waiti
Chapter 35
Chapter 36 Micky was awakened by a loud banging on his front door. He rolled over in bed to look at
Chapter 36
Chapter 37 “Henry Whitmore, I owe you and Sally dinner and a trip to the Bahamas,” Toots said, her
Chapter 37
Chapter 38 Abby felt as though her entire world was falling apart. She was out of a job, her boss w
Chapter 38
Chapter 39 Micky had spent the last three hours telling Special Agent Gaynor everything that had go
Chapter 39
Chapter 40 Toots, Sophie, Mavis, and Ida waited in the Polo Lounge for Abby and Chris to arrive. To
Chapter 40