Show Me the Money by Connie Shelton

Author:Connie Shelton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: strong female protagonist, vigilante justice, international mystery, women amateur sleuths, comedy caper mystery, con man mystery, humorous chick lit series
Publisher: Columbine Publishing Group, LLC

Chapter 38

Cody bought his ticket and stood with the group he’d been assigned for the 10:30 tour of the castle. Twenty or so people, milling around the upper parapet that looked out over the sprawling city below as they waited for their tour guide. With a few hours to kill, this was at least more interesting than hanging out in a hotel room.

He was feeling lighthearted, relieved, after his meeting at the bank today. The manager had been a gruff old coot, but his secretary was a cutie and she’d smiled when he flirted at her desk. She assured him she could take care of the details—depositing the cash he’d brought into the various accounts he’d already set up.

She was the one who suggested he come back later in the day; he was the one who proposed that he take her out for a drink afterward. He couldn’t remember whether she actually agreed. The main thing was that he would see her again. And this time he didn’t even need to recruit her to move any cash for him.

Pop would just have to live with the fact that the money was not the green sort.

A woman in a straight skirt and blue blazer stepped out to the wide overlook and called out, “Blue tickets! The 10:30 tour group! Please assemble here with me.”

Cody meandered over, fitting himself instinctively into the middle of the group. They moved toward a doorway in the thick stone wall, and he was determined to relax and enjoy a few sights of the ancient city. The good news was that he hadn’t caught sight of those two American women for more than a day now. If they were tailing him, he’d shaken them off at last.

“Follow me, please, as we enter the castle, which has been a military fort, a royal residence, and a prison during its history.”

They passed through the Great Hall, a cavernous room that could serve a whole stag to thirty knights, most likely, when his phone dinged with an incoming text message that echoed through the huge space. The tour guide shot him a look. She had requested that everyone turn off their cell phones for the duration of the tour.

He glanced at the screen. Amber? She hadn’t responded to a message from him in nearly two weeks.

“Sir?”

“Sorry.” He made a show of switching off the phone and putting it away. “Sorry.”

Amber’s message: Miss you. Can we get together?

His mind spun with possibilities. And it looked like he would have another forty minutes to figure out how to answer.

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