Vegas Shuffle (Vegas Series) by Mimi Barbour

Author:Mimi Barbour [Barbour, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: The Vegas Series
Publisher: Mimi Barbour
Published: 2013-01-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

For the next few weeks, the Vegas streets teemed with criminals all wanting one thing: a fast, dishonest buck. And day after day, Aurora and Lisa worked non-stop to give them exactly what they deserved—a jail cell and a record.

As much as Lisa still couldn’t hide her exuberance for life, Aurora found a way to shut her out by listening to music from earphones in the office and turning up the dial on the radio while in the car. It didn’t always work. There were times when Aurora had to listen to the girl who tended to look at life as a half-full glass and insisted that every cloud had a pair of silver linings.

Since she routinely saved Aurora’s ass and made the grunt work and physical side of the job so much easier, Aurora forgave her and pretty soon found that her partner had weaseled her way onto Aurora’s very short favorite-people list.

The sun beat down as Aurora drove with Lisa relaxed beside her. The strip was busy as usual, tourists milling everywhere wanting to spend money and have a good time. Aurora scanned the area and admitted to herself that the fairyland atmosphere gave her a small lift every time she drove along Las Vegas Boulevard.

“Aurora, hey!” Lisa waited for her partner to grudgingly turn down the blaring radio. “The new casino, Cascades, opened last week. Have you been there yet?”

“Nope.” Aurora’s hand quickly reached again toward the dial, and when Lisa continued, she stopped and sighed dramatically.

“It’s fantastic! I went last night with a friend. You know the guy I told you about, Rikki, who wants to get a sex-change operation, the one who looks and acts more feminine than any other of my girlfriends? He has the dress sense of a model and the cosmetic skills to make even a hag like me look okay. He could wonders for you.”

As soon as the words left her lips, Aurora watched Lisa swallow and then turn her head away with a stupid smirk. “No offense.”

“None taken. But it’s probably best to quit while you’re ahead.”

“I gotta tell you about Cascades. There’s waterfalls everywhere, hell even the chandeliers look like waterfalls made from crystals. Their big attraction in the middle of the casino is a glassed-in jungle where they have different species of butterflies and even some small tropical birds flying around inside. And get this: They allow so many customers to stroll through at one time. If a butterfly lands on a person they can win money for the slots. The person, not the butterfly.” Lisa paused for a laugh that was not forthcoming, then continued. “Anyway, I know several species of butterflies that need more sodium and can be attracted by the salt in human sweat, but others are more prone to evading humans. Soooo—”

“How the hell do you know so much of this trivial stuff you natter on about?” Aurora had asked this question before when her partner had hit her with inconsequential details about so many weird subjects.

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