Hallowed Ground
““What?”
“Rondelle managed to walk out of here with one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash.”
“When?”
“We’re guessing a week ago.”
Bull. What kind of businessman didn’t know exactly when he’d been ripped off?
Unless he hadn’t been ripped off at all.
“Mmm,” he said over the rolling tap tap tap of his fingers on the plastic arm of his chair.
“Appears you don’t believe it.”
“It’s not that. I just don’t get why you’re telling me. ”
“Isn’t she your client?”
“In a manner of speaking.” I angled ...my head toward Reggie. “Didn’t your goombah tell you Tony Martinez is footing the bill?”
He didn’t spare Reggie a glance.
Hah. Take that Reggie.
Furrowing my brow in confusion added a nice dramatic touch. “So how did Rondelle get her hands on so much money? Especially when she claimed she didn’t have enough to hire me? Did she take it from the cage?”
Big Joe watched me closely before he shook his head. “There’s another vault upstairs.MoreLess
“Rondelle managed to walk out of here with one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in cash.”
“When?”
“We’re guessing a week ago.”
Bull. What kind of businessman didn’t know exactly when he’d been ripped off?
Unless he hadn’t been ripped off at all.
“Mmm,” he said over the rolling tap tap tap of his fingers on the plastic arm of his chair.
“Appears you don’t believe it.”
“It’s not that. I just don’t get why you’re telling me. ”
“Isn’t she your client?”
“In a manner of speaking.” I angled ...my head toward Reggie. “Didn’t your goombah tell you Tony Martinez is footing the bill?”
He didn’t spare Reggie a glance.
Hah. Take that Reggie.
Furrowing my brow in confusion added a nice dramatic touch. “So how did Rondelle get her hands on so much money? Especially when she claimed she didn’t have enough to hire me? Did she take it from the cage?”
Big Joe watched me closely before he shook his head. “There’s another vault upstairs.MoreLess
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