Chapter 214

At 9 AM, Charlie arrived at Celeste's palatial home to observe the workers raising the tents. Scherb was there, with his leg in a cast, from toe to hip. He was supervising his men to make sure there was no repeat of yesterday's errors. When he saw Charlie approach he had mixed feelings. The guy had not filed charges against him for assault, which kept him out of jail. However, he had screwed him out of the $400,000 vehicle. It still remained to be seen if he would carry out his threat to have Celeste Mesner sue him for the destruction of her property.

"Hello Mr. Scherb how are you this morning."

"My leg hurts like hell, how do you think I feel?"

"How do you think my face would feel if your right hand had connected?"

"I guess it would hurt about the same as my leg."

"There you go. How are your men doing this morning?"

"They found your markings, and they still got it wrong. They put up