Burning Passion: Love Never Die

Frankie wanted to remind him, “She cheated on you.”

But he knew he would be screwed if he told his boss that, so he remained silent. He just hoped that fact wouldn’t come back to bite them both.

Yates heard their conversation. He said to Carlos, “Put your work up for now. Enjoy the show. That’s why I asked you along.” Yates had a loud and husky voice. Carlos heard him clearly.

“You know better than anyone else why I’m here.” Carlos kept his head lowered. He signed his name at the bottom of a file and moved on to the next one.

Yates sneered. He knew Carlos thought he was bullied into coming here.

“You used to be made of sterner stuff,” Yates said.

kept silent as if

the VIP passage during intermission. He was still ambushed by

dung. The night was

reporters had run stories on Carlos and Debbie three years ago and grown fat from the proceeds. Now,

and Debbie

at Debbie’s concert was enough to keep people interested and talking about it for

the papers carried more fiction than fact,

loved each other, Debbie would become

they were getting hitched

enough to actually interview Carlos. They were Like jackals, feeding on the carrion of old

not afraid of

concert ended, they besieged her. She was the Logical

unapproachable, Yates was too cruel,