She would suggest to Rick another weekend in Lake Tahoe and was sure he would agree with the idea. The timing of the rest of her plan would have to be faultless. The biggest problem was Carl. He would have to come up with a concrete plan at his end before she made any suggestion to Rick. First, she would plant the seed of another trip in Rick’s mind when he reached home that evening, but without any defined timeframe. Carl would need some time to plan his getaway—and, hopefully, be out of her hair forever. She had no intention of leaving with him, even if he did have a fortune in stolen money. There was always the possibility he would be hunted down and murdered because his running away would certainly point to the fact that it was him who had taken the money. As for Phil, she still had a yearning for him, but she hadn’t spoken to him for some time and she was afraid that he too was being bugged and followed. If she had to choose between Phil Speed and Rick, it would be a close race.
