Jake Randolph in "The Naked Beat" Pt. 181

I hated to show my hand, but I knew Jeffrey was inching ever closer toward shooting Jade Chen. And I couldn't let that happen; not for Jade Chen's sake, but for Jeffrey's.

I stepped around and into the doorway of the drawing room.

"Jeffrey," I said softly.

He turned and pointed the gun at me until he saw who I was, then turned it back on the other people in the room.

"Jake, what the hell are you doing here?" he asked, looking at me but keeping the gun on them.

"I was about to ask you the same question."