devisement
think he’s been hit. A bad poisoning, though. I wager he ignored it.”“Much as he could.” Harris wearily tried to sit up, then decided against it. His groin still hurt. Better just to stay here for a minute.
“And then commencing a devisement like this. Exhaustion and shock. The idiot.”
Gaby stood over Harris and glared at him. But her voice was deceptively sweet. “Are you going to tell me? This is the last time I ask nicely.”
Weary, he grinned up at her. “Welcome to Neckerdam. Gaby, meet Alastair Kornbock. Alastair, Gaby Donohue.”
“Grace, child. Harris, help me carry him to the car, will you?”
Doc didn’t wake up, but didn’t get worse. They got him up to his room in the Monarch Building and Alastair sent the two of them away.
They found Jean-Pierre