Fun chapter, Louise. Lots of great dialog in this one, like:
“He is no transient, Jerry, he’s a laborer – it is different. He is friends with these ... people, Lauren and his jeweler friend, and I went down to talk to him and Simon was positively rude to me. Whatever Lance said to him I can’t imagine, but he was positively horrible to me. I felt like an absolute pariah.”
“A laborer then. You deserve better. Don’t worry about that boy, Chas, come on, let’s have some fun. That’s what they got the police for, to worry about laborers and such.”
Thanks for a laugh first thing in the morning!
L