No Place to Vanish by Jaden Skye

Author:Jaden Skye [Skye, Jaden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jaden Skye
Published: 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

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The casino was surprisingly crowded for the time of day. People were at tables, at slot machines playing blackjack, or generally drifting around. A few restaurants were open too, serving early. Music was playing and Olivia could see how Raine would thrive on the general sense of excitement wherever you went. Olivia looked more closely, though, and also saw the deep hopelessness etched on many faces as well.

“This place is a mixed bag for sure,” Wayne said, as if reading Olivia’s mind.

“Definitely,” Olivia replied. “Okay, who do I talk to now?”

“I’ll introduce you to someone in charge and then you can meet some of the people Raine saw here on a regular basis,” Wayne said. “Then I have to go to the back and speak to some others who handle the money.”

Olivia was very grateful for both Wayne’s intelligence and his support.

“This is Andie.” Wayne brought Olivia over to a short man with beady eyes and heavy jowls. “Andie, this is Olivia Wells, she’s helping me out.”

“Beautiful lady.” Andie broke into a smile. “You always have good taste, Wayne, no doubt about it.”

Wayne laughed. “Olivia’s helping me find out what happened to Raine,” he added.

Andie looked glum for a minute and shook his head.

“I’m going to let you talk to Olivia and I’m going in the back to talk to Pedros,” Wayne continued. “You tell Olivia all she needs to know.”

“I’ll do that.” Andie seemed pleased with the assignment. “I’ll do more than that, even. I have a video of Raine. I’ll show it to Olivia now.”

“Great,” said Wayne, “and also let her talk to some people who Raine was friends with.”

“I’m on it.” Andie made a fist. “Now you go see Pedros fast. He doesn’t like to be kept waiting.”

Wayne turned and left for the back, while Andie took Olivia’s arm and shepherded her through the crowds to a medium-sized table at the other side of the casino.

“This is where Raine likes to play,” Andie started. “She usually sits right here at this seat and has a ball.”

“She was here the night before she left for the party?” Olivia checked one more time.

“Yes, she was,” Andie agreed. “And, thankfully, we have a record of it on video.”

“You video everybody?” Olivia was curious.

“There’s general cameras around, of course,” Andie replied. “But we zero in only when things start to get out of control. All kinds of things happen to people here and it’s not our fault. We have to prove that. You come into the casino at your own risk. You’re on your own.”

“Raine came here often?” Olivia wanted to keep Andie talking.

“More and more the last month or so,” he said. “Things were heating up.”

“What things? What was happening?”

“She was going at it hard, on a roll,” Andie said.

“A winning roll?” asked Olivia, alerted.

“No, she was losing her shirt,” he replied. “That’s the kind of roll that drives people crazy. They become determined to stop it. Come back again and again to turn it around.”

“Why didn’t you stop her?” Olivia knew it was an odd question, but she had to ask it anyhow.

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