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by A. R. Winters


  “Well,” my mother said, “I’m looking forward to meeting him. When are you bringing him over?”

  “We just had two dates.” I frowned. “Or maybe it was three. I forget.”

  “You don’t want to move too soon,” Nanna cautioned. “And remember, just because you’ve hooked him, doesn’t mean you’ll keep him.” Stone and my father stared at their plates, and Ian watched Nanna, fascinated. “Beauty comes from inside,” Nanna went on. “It’s not just lipstick and nice dresses, you need to focus on what’s underneath. You need nice underwear, and some of that newer, sexy stuff.”

  Stone choked on his food, and Ian hurried to pass him the water jug.

  “I think we should, uh, talk about this later,” I said. Or maybe never again.

  Thankfully, Nanna’s advice-dispensing was stopped by a knock on the door.

  “I’ll get it,” I said, jumping up and racing to the door.

  Ian followed me, with Nanna and my mother close behind.

  I turned to my mom when I was almost at the door. “You didn’t invite any other guys over to meet me, did you?”

  She shook her head, no. “I’m not trying to set you up, as long as you keep dating this Jack person. But you need to bring him along to prove that he exists.”

  “He does exist,” I said, and opened the door.

  Elwood was standing outside, wearing a blue-ish grey shirt and black trousers.

  “Hi,” I said, “What’s up? Do you want to come in?”

  “Nah,” he said. “Just stopped by to tell you,” he peered around me and noticed Nanna standing there. “Oh, hi, Gwenda, sorry about that mixup.”

  “It’s ok,” she said, crossing her arms over her chest. “Niagara always did say you were a big disappointment to her, what else could I expect?”

  “Uh.” He looked at the ground uneasily, then looked up again after a few seconds. “Anyway, I just stopped by to say that we’ve officially dropped the case against you. Ballistics matched up with the gun found in Claire’s house.”

  “Poor Claire,” Ian said. “She just wanted to help people out.”

  “She was nuts,” I said bluntly. “She and that whole gang she hangs out with.”

  Ian said, “You’ll still have to see those people, you know. If you keep dating Jack.”

  “Um, I should go,” Elwood said, and looked at Nanna. “I’d appreciate if you’d tell my aunt, uh, that I was just doing my job?”

  Nanna nodded. “I guess she knows that. How’re things with you and your wife?”

  “They were getting better, and then…” Elwood frowned at me. “Tiffany suggested I give her red roses. Stupid roses. I hate roses.”

  Ian said, “I suppose Claire does too, now.” He noticed Elwood’s scowl and added, “Did you get your wife jewelry, like I told you to?”

  The scowl disappeared. “Yeah, I got her a gold-plated heart locket, like you said. She liked it.”

  “Well, that’s great.”

  “Thanks, I’m still keeping my fingers crossed on it all.”

  We watched Elwood leave, and Nanna said, “I guess it all worked out in the end.”

  “Yeah!” Ian said, as we all trooped back to the dining room. “And I helped! Wasn’t I a great partner?”

  “Huh.” I looked at him doubtfully. “I suppose so.”

  “Ian says he helped you speed through interviewing all those people,” Nanna said, as we sat down and picked up our forks again. “And he helped save your life once again, when Claire pulled a gun on you.”

  “Maybe you should reconsider quitting your PI work,” my mom said. “If Ian invests in your firm, you can quit the casino work and go full-time.”

  “It does sound like a good idea,” my dad added. “You’ve been talking about how you’d like to stop being a dealer.”

  “I’d love to invest!” Ian said. “We should head straight back home and talk to my trustee. I can get him to come over tomorrow.”

  Stone raised one eyebrow and watched as I made a face.

  “I don’t want you investing,” I told Ian. “Not quite yet.”

  “Why not?” Ian said. “It’s not like I’m a bad partner. I’ve helped you out.”

  “He’s right,” Stone said. “He has been a help. You could use a partner.”

  Ian beamed and I shook my head. I had a strong premonition that if Ian tried to be my partner, he’d get into all kinds of ridiculous trouble.

  Later on, I turned out to be right. Ian would get into trouble, and I’d find myself feeling responsible for him. But I had no idea, just then, exactly what kind of trouble it would be.

  Table of Contents

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Chapter Thirty-Four

  Chapter Thirty-Five

  Chapter Thirty-Six

  Chapter Thirty-Seven

  Chapter Thirty-Eight

  Chapter Thirty-Nine

  Chapter Forty

  Chapter Forty-One

  Chapter Forty-Two

  Chapter Forty-Three

  Chapter Forty-Four

  Chapter Forty-Five

  Chapter Forty-Six

  Chapter Forty-Seven

  Chapter Forty-Eight

  Chapter Forty-Nine

  Chapter Fifty

  Chapter Fifty-One

  Chapter Fifty-Two

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