Rich Are Different Part IV

Dinah now has a small son, Alan Slade, who is about 2, and she convinces herself that Paul's asking her to come to New York means that they have a special relationship, even if neither of them wants a marriage. because of her father's marital history, Dinah has always been uneasy with the idea of marriage though at times she wonders if she did the right thing in having Alan outside wedlock. However, her business is doing well and she has enough money to shield him.... On her arrival in America, she's shocked at how ill Paul looks. She and he renew their affair, but she then sees Sylvia at a party and realise that Paul is in love with his wife and that she is never going to be more than his mistress. During her time in New York, she studies the cosmetic business and makes friends with some of Paul's people including his best friend, Steven Sullivan, who is a partner in the bank. She becomes friendly with Terrence OReilly, who is still working for Paul but not as his close aide, and she becomes suspicious that there are enemies surrounding Paul. Accidentally, she reads a letter from one of the Da Costa sons to Terence, mentioning an anti bank protest which is due to take place the following day. Frightened, she calls Paul but only get Sylvia. She is embarrassed but tells Sylvia to tell Paul not to go to the bank the next day... Sylvia thanks her and politely wishes her bon voyage and she does try to persuade Paul not to go to work that day. The following day, Bruce Clayton, the son of Paul's long term American mistress, who has been a family friend for years, comes to the bank and asks to see Paul. He is part of the anti bank protest, and he is left wing. Paul says he is never too busy to see his young friend, and lets him in and suddenly, Paul is shot by a Russian member of the protest. Bruce shoots the Russian. Steve Sullivan realises there must be a conspiracy to kill Paul, and that members of the bank must be involved or Kraskov could not have gotten into the bank, and hidden there till he could shoot his target. He spends a lot of time trying to make sure that rumours of an inside job do not get out, but he tells Sylvia that he will look for Paul's killers, even if he cannot bring them to legal justice. Steve narrates the next part of the book; he is several years Paul's junior and regards him as a patron and big brother...He does not share Paul's intellectual interests but they enjoy each other's company.. and he is more intelligent than he appears to be. He is the one who ends up dealing with Cornelius, who has inherited Paul's share of the bank and is surprised when Cornelius tells him that he wants to go into the bank and learn the business, and not go to college. Steve finds that Cornelius is tougher than he expected... and more determined to do things his way. He works with him but is wary of him. Bruce Clayton commits suicide after a year or so, and leaves a note saying that he had made himself believe that the assassination of Paul was justified because of his wealth, but he now feels guilty. He refers to others being in on the conspiracy. Steve finally ends up working with Cornelius to take the law into his own hands and bring the killers to a vigilante justice. He finds out that the conspiracy to kill Paul came about because Charley Blair, one of the partners, had money troubles and had embezzled money from his yacht club. The others were the Da Costa brothers, Bruce Clayton and O'Reilly, but Blair was able to let the assassination gain entry to the bank. Steve knows that he can't bring them to court as it would destroy the bank, but he has a confrontation with O'Reilly and Blair and Charley Blair shoots O'Reilly, tries to shoot Steve and kills himself. Steve covers it up, and hopes that this will be the end of things. However, he is wary of having let Cornelius whom he thinks of as a kid, in on what happened. He keeps in touch with Dinah occasionally, and she tells him she wants to buy back her house from the Van Zale estate, which she had been planning to do when Paul was killed. He tells her to wait a while...but the deeds of the house do not turn up..