Chapter Twenty-One

Four o’clock Monday morning came much too soon for Jenny. For the first time in her career she was dreading going to work. Even though Laurie had uncovered some rumors about Johnny for something he had done while he was working in Canada, the details were sketchy at best. They’d spent most of the night going through Laurie’s contact list and making notes of people to call. But with the government offices closed for a special Friday holiday, there wasn’t any way to get more information until after the weekend.

Jenny had hoped that she would be able to confront her tormentor with more than just an accusation, but Laurie explained it would take time to get the details, and time was one thing that Jenny didn’t have on her side. Then, there was Gayle. Jenny was half hoping that it was the drinks and Johnny’s attentions that had affected Gayle, but the fact that Jenny wasn’t sure depressed her. When men were concerned, Gayle’s loyalti