Not that Creed’s other girlfriends were high on the food chain.

After Kathleen, Creed fell in love with the traveling freak show, Rachel Case. That was followed by a non-consummated close call with Beth Daniels, a widow he once referred to as “disarmingly attractive.”

Disarminly attractive? What the hell does that mean?

Beth owns a bed and breakfast in St. Albans, Florida.

Disarming? I’ll show her disarming! No arms would make her far less threatening.

There was also a brief dalliance with Miranda Rodriguez, one of New York City’s finest.

Hookers, that is.

And who can forget the gorgeous Gwen Peters, who, until recently, was Callie’s love interest?

But if Callie can only kill one of Creed’s former girlfriends—and that’s the legal limit, if she hopes to get away with it—she can’t waste her kill. She needs to go after the biggest threat.

Is that person Kathleen?

Possibly not.

Kathleen’s a former victim of spousal abuse. She’s also a burn center volunteer, and the adoptive mother of a physically ill, emotionally-scarred child named Addie, who also attended Creed’s surprise dinner last night.

Callie doubts Kathleen represents a serious threat to her future happiness.

Then again…you never know.

…Except that Callie will know…and soon.

Which brings us to Rachel Case.

Creed’s soft spot for Rachel makes less sense than a Kardashian board meeting. She’s currently locked away in a subterranean government facility having her eggs harvested by scientists who hope to create a Spanish Flu vaccine.

Jesus, Donovan.

Rachel Case?

How sick is this puppy? If a psychiatric scream mated with a jail-house sigh, their love child would be Rachel Case. What’s that old Mickey Mouse joke? Oh yeah: Micky was mad at Donald Duck for spreading rumors about Minnie Mouse’s sanity. Donald replied: I never said Minnie was crazy. I said she was fucking Goofy!

Well, Rachel’s not fucking goofy. She’s fucking crazy. If Creed goes back to her, Callie will kill him for bad judgment.

Which brings us to Beth Daniels.

Low level threat.

Classy? Sure. But Beth’s lifestyle is too quiet for Creed. The most exciting part of her day is making toast, and her biggest decision is whether to butter it. What will she have him do, walk the beach and collect shells?

Please.

Callie might pay her a visit anyway, just to be safe. But Beth is almost certain to survive the cut.

The odds-on favorite to die is Miranda Rodriguez.

Unless Callie’s meeting with Kathleen goes horribly wrong this afternoon, Miranda’s holding the short straw.

3.

LAST NIGHT CREED attended a dinner meeting at the Four Seasons restaurant with Dr. Gideon Box. Concerned about a possible ambush, Creed called Callie on his cell phone and kept the line open so she could monitor the conversation. Callie positioned herself outside the entrance on East 52nd to provide backup should he need it.

It was an ambush, all right, but not the deadly kind. Unless Callie decides to kill Dr. Box for setting Creed up with Kathleen in the first place. Box met Kathleen while treating Addie and learned they had a mutual friend, Donovan Creed.