Domino by Chris Barnhart

Author:Chris Barnhart [Barnhart, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, suspense, murder, woman in peril
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Hugo rolled the embossed silver wall paper back onto the roll and held it up on the wall in the reception area of the beauty salon.

"Sammy, dear, do we have enough of this to do the short wall in here?" he asked the decorator. "I want to carry the theme out to this area if we can. It'll hit them as soon as they walk in."

"There's two more rolls in the store room," the tall thin blond man answered a bit arrogantly. "Really, Hugo, trust me in this. I know exactly what you want."

"I'd trust you with my life, Sammy," Hugo strutted into the main salon and slumped into one of the brand new pink chairs. The protective plastic cover on it crunched and hissed as he swiveled back and forth pensively. "This is looking so good. We should be ready for the opening on Monday. I hope it stops raining by then. I'm so nervous I won't be able to eat all weekend."

"It will," Sammy assured him. "Weather forecast says the worst of the storm should hit us tomorrow, with a just a chance of thunder showers on Monday. Don't worry about the weather. They'll come, Hugo. They'll come to see you, no matter what the weather is like. Try to relax. You're a jumpy nervous wreck. I mean really, you'd think you were opening the Taj Mahal."

"I have to make this work, Sammy," Hugo said as he ran his hand lovingly over the plastic covered chair. "This partner I got is a tough one to impress. It's just gotta be perfect. Everything has to be so right."

"What did you decide to do about the dressing rooms?" Sammy inquired as he slipped into a white raincoat.

"The pink stripped wall paper," Hugo told him. "Don't you think, Sammy? Or maybe the silver in there. No, too much silver. I need more of the pink. Not flowery, though. Let's go with the stripes."

"I'll bring it on Monday," Sammy assured him. "The light fixtures for the colorist room should be in then too. Don't worry, Hugo. It's beautiful. Look, why don't you come up to Palm Springs with me tonight. There's a new club that just opened. I want to cruise it. Come with me. It'll make Wayne jealous and he needs that."

"You go," Hugo said. "I want to make sure I haven't forgotten anything here. I want to go over every detail again. Besides, I just like looking at this place. It's gorgeous."

"You sure you won't come?" Sammy asked, cocking his head in a kind of pout. "It'll get your mind off this for a while."

"Another time," Hugo smiled.

Sammy left and Hugo sat alone in the salon. He looked around at all he had accomplished and he felt proud. He had made it to the top of Beverly Hills beauticians as a hair colorist by the age of twenty three. He was doing film stars and top models, television personalities, and the wives of Hollywood's business moguls. He was making over a quarter of a million a year by the time he was twenty-five.

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