Gilda stared at him.
“At your place?”
“Yes. I was surprised to find him there.” O’Brien sat beside her. “He made terms.”
“What do you mean?”
“He was quite frank. He told me he realized he was a nuisance. He is aware, too, that he could be suspected of Fay’s murder. So he made me a proposition.”
Gilda continued to tare at him.
“What proposition?”
O’Brien laughed.
“Do I have to tell you? You know Johnny. His main interest is money. He suggested I should finance him and he’d go on a trip around Europe.”
“Did you?”