Jackpot by Stuart Woods & Bryon Quertermous

Author:Stuart Woods & Bryon Quertermous [Woods, Stuart & Quertermous, Bryon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2021-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

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The suite of rooms the festival occupied were AS bland as Teddy had expected they would be. He’d been in hundreds of these kinds of suites in multiple countries on multiple continents, and in every case the hospitality and business suites had the same banal executive scheme.

“Good. You’re here,” Dale Gai said, popping her head out of one of the doors at the far end of the suite. “I wondered how long it would take.”

Teddy blinked for a moment. “Nobody knew I was coming here,” Teddy said. He was more than a little irritated at finding himself one step behind this woman yet again.

Dale waved him in and pointed to a large dining table where the festival organizers were congregated.

“You might fool most people as unpredictable or stealthy,” she said, pouring him a drink from the bar set at the back of the room. “But to someone who isn’t distracted by your flash or your . . . image, you’re quite predictable.”

“I need to find out who this ‘someone’ is.”

She laughed as she handed him the drink. They sat down next to each other at the end of the table, opposite the organizers. Across from them were three women and two men, all but one of them Asian. Dale introduced Teddy and then motioned for him to talk when it was his turn.

“I need to meet with Sonny Ma,” Teddy said, watching their reactions as he talked to gauge how much of the truth he needed to give them to get what he needed.

“You’re with Centurion Studios,” said a tall woman in a pale yellow suit and comically large glasses.

“Yes. I work with Peter and Ben.”

“Who are now back in the U.S.,” the two men said, almost at the same time.

This was great. It seemed like they were hoping Teddy could fill in for Peter and Ben. Teddy could work with that.

“Right. Something came up and they had to go back. I was in Hong Kong and they asked me if I could come over and help.”

“You were in Hong Kong making a movie?” the woman in the suit asked.

“I was on a layover. Waiting to fly back to the U.S. Just scouting locations all over for Peter and Ben.”

“You mentioned something about talking with Sonny Ma,” Dale said.

He cocked an eyebrow at her, then turned back to the others.

“He’s very important to this event, and I know he was very important to Peter and Ben. I want to make sure he feels taken care of.”

“Very good,” the woman in the suit said. The others nodded. “That’s what we were hoping to hear. Dale Gai will take you to the room where he is waiting to talk to you.”

“Oh she will now, will she?”

The organizers all looked at each other, confused. Teddy wondered if he’d just undone all of the good work, but Dale quickly jumped in and ended the meeting amicably before Teddy could ruin it any further. He kept his composure and managed to

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