The Case of the Amateur Actors in Las Vegas (Tiffany Black Cases Book 2) by A.R. Winters

Author:A.R. Winters [Winters, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

At Nanna’s house, there was the air of a small party atmosphere. As well as Nanna and Wes, her half-brother Great Uncle Joe was there, along with my neighbors Glenn and Karma, and to my surprise, Stone.

The festivities were taking place in the backyard, which had recently been turned into Nanna’s new but thriving vegetable garden, with a series of raised beds that Wes had constructed for her. There were cucumbers and tomatoes, lettuce and cabbage, chili peppers and beans, as well as a whole row of herbs, all of which were sprouting and shooting up under the loving care of Nanna.

When we arrived, Nanna and Frank Troy exchanged hugs and then he made a beeline for the outdoor dining table which had four different cakes as well as some small sandwiches on offer, each plate under its own personal fly screen.

Stone caught my eye, and I was drawn over to him. We stood in the large shaded outdoor dining area, a hand’s reach away from a tempting lemon drizzle cake.

“Tiffany,” Stone said, lips twitching with a smile. “Good to see you.”

“How are you holding up?” I gave his arm a squeeze, and it was as hard and thick with muscle as I remembered. The weeks lying in hospital after being shot had seemingly not left him seriously weakened, despite the gravity of his injuries and subsequent infection.

“Good. I wanted to ask you about something.”

“Oh?”

I figured I knew where this was going. Before Stone had been shot, he’d been asking me to join his security firm—to expand it into the investigations business. I’d be able to run the investigative side of the company with my own team, and with many more resources than I currently operated with. But I’d be giving up my independence, too. With Stone in the hospital, those ideas had been put on the back burner. But I figured that was what Stone was about to ask me again. And of course, I was completely wrong.

“I’m thinking of giving a talk.”

I just about managed to keep a straight face. If there was one thing Stone wasn’t, it was a talker. Words were a valuable commodity in the world of Stone, and he didn’t waste them when a look or a nod or a gesture would do. It meant that when he did speak, the words were worth listening to. He had something to say, and you’d be wise to listen.

“A talk?”

“Yes. I’ve been approached by Giant Industries.”

“Sue Giant?”

“Correct.”

“Interesting. She wanted the video from your takedown of the person who tried to kill you at the hospital. Ian shot that idea down.”

“He told me. I agreed with him. But Sue has now asked me to give a talk. In person and streamed for her online subscribers.”

“What’s the topic?”

“It’s up to me. But she suggested I talk about resilience, stoicism, not giving up, overcoming challenges, perseverance. Those kinds of things. With some of my experiences as examples.”

“And she’s going to pay you for this?”

Stone gave a curt nod.

“And you want to do it?”

Half of Stone’s mouth lifted in an amused part-smile.

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