High Rollers and Heartbreak in Las Vegas: A Humorous Tiffany Black Mystery (Tiffany Black Mysteries Book 28) by A.R. Winters

Author:A.R. Winters [Winters, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-20T22:00:00+00:00

“Surprise!” I said, when Jack opened his office door.

There was a loud, friendly bark, and a second later, Bridget was between Jack and me, paws almost pushing me over as she stood and yelped and licked at me. She was just as pleased to see me as I was her.

“Hi,” Jack said warily. “Wasn’t expecting visitors.”

“Sorry, we had to speak to Ronan Leary, and I figured since we were here we might as well drop by. Are you okay? You look kind of pale.”

Jack nodded hesitantly. “Come in.”

Jack turned and quickly walked toward his desk. Ian and I followed more slowly, Bridget slowing us down as she pranced around me, demanding strokes and attention with every step.

Jack swiped something off the top of his desk and quickly put it into a drawer. He turned around, his more normal smile back on his face.

“So, what’s up? How did the meeting with Puglisi go?”

“Oh, yeah that was fine. In fact, excuse me a moment.” I tried re-dialing the number. I let it ring for a minute then gave up. “Sorry. He sent me a message asking me to call him, but now he’s not picking up.”

“Must be busy. I do that more than I should,” Jack admitted. “Oh, my security guy managed to finally dig up his address. Puglisi went to a great deal of trouble to make it hard to find. His house is actually owned by a holding company based in the Caymans, and that company is owned by a different company based in Bermuda, which is controlled by a company with its HQ in Delaware, and that’s owned by Puglisi’s cousin. It took a while to get to the bottom of that trail.” Jack dug through some papers on top of his desk until he found the one with the address on it. “Here you go, if you need it.”

“Thanks. Maybe we’ll drop by if he doesn’t answer.”

“Good idea. Have you spoken to Emily lately?”

I shook my head. “Nope. I’ve been swamped since this case started. Is she okay?”

“Yeah, I think so. She was annoyed about what happened with the case, and she’s blaming Elwood. I tried to cheer her up, but she’s still a bit down, I think. She’s stuck behind a desk at the moment. I don’t think she likes being cooped up inside.”

“I can understand that. I don’t think I could ever handle an office job.”

“Ugh.” Jack shook his head in annoyance.

“What is it?”

“You just made me realize something. I think I messed up.”

“How so?”

“Emily was complaining about being desk bound, so I told her she should just pack it in and come work with me. I said I’d find her a nice corporate position. I was trying to be nice, you know?”

“You told her to throw away her career and you’d give her some make-do work?”

Jack stared at me. “Is that what I did?”

“It sounds like exactly what you did. You’ve got to be careful, Jack. I know you were trying to help, but unwanted help can be worse than doing nothing.

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