Chapter 20. The Smallest Details

Luc waited in the restaurant for about an hour before Theo arrived. Not that his rival was late, but because he liked to prepare things down to the smallest detail. The detective went through all the deals Giovanna had made while he was waiting in the restaurant, and he smiled. She had used exactly every cent the bank had offered her. What an idiot she was. She had already given the new instructions to the detective, and now she had to wait. She had no knowledge of her inheritance, but he could bet that she would spend every last cent in the first week. The amount she had spent that evening had been very generous. He understood her wanting to surprise her son, but she had to understand her financial situation and live on what she earned. She would find that out the hard way. Giovanna looked like a wasteful teenager. At least she thought about renovating her old house, which she had bought with the money she had charged him for the night they had spent together. Theo was sure he had