Chapter 3

One she clocked out, Lacey went directly to her apartment to prepare for her mission. She had a deck of playing cards she occasionally used to play solitaire. She took out the Queen of Hearts and tucked it in her purse before she went to her closet.

She usually wore dark colors to emphasize her fair skin. The only white dress she owned was a sleeveless linen sheath trimmed with eyelet lace, which she sometimes wore during the summer months.

Once she slipped it on she added a narrow white leather belt with a crystal buckle and a stack of faux pearl bracelets around her left wrist. It was hardly evening wear but it would have to do.

When she took down her hair to brush it the long, loose waves spilled over her shoulder like curling ruby ribbons. Leaving it down definitely made her look more attractive, she thought. She was more concerned with looking pretty for Christopher Wolfe than getting his attention. Since he'd only seen her with it up, she did usual Frenc