Chapter 86

We were interrupted by my phone. It was our security team. They had found Jeremy, the teleprompter technician. I walked inside, out of earshot from the girls, as I gathered the details. He had sung like a canary and confessed to being the stalker. He had found out where Rita lived by following her home one day. His explanation seemed weak, that he just went crazy after working in close proximity to someone who he found so attractive. But the security guys seemed convinced there wasn’t anyone else involved.

The benefit of using Kelly’s security company became clear. They would handle this quietly and discreetly with the television station. Rita and Kat would have no further issues, they assured me. Their team would stand down for the time being but remain on-call for anything we needed. I decided we could leave the final details for the following week. We needed to celebrate.

I called the girls inside and gave them the good news. Rita and Kat were both emotional. They wer