Chapter 3 Summary

Kinsey meets with Nikki at Rosie's Bar, not too far from her studio apartment. Kinsey is obviously well acquainted with Rosie when she refers to Rosie's suspicion of Nikki. Rosie believes that Kinsey does business with Mafia types and drug dealers, and when she reaches Kinsey's table she is openly hostile toward Nikki, not letting up until both women take a bite of their food. Nikki and Kinsey discuss the murder of Libby Glass, how Laurence was once named as a correspondent in a divorce case, never leaving anything in writing after that difficult episode. Their conversation makes the connection between Libby Glass, the accountant, and Laurence's law practice. Nikki knew that Laurence was having an affair with someone at the time of his death but she honestly never knew if it were Libby Glass or someone else.

The women discuss all the...