Chapter 86

Henry laughed. It was a hearty laughter. “You are still the same, Veronica. Age has done nothing for you. I thought you were going to be a woman by now.”

“Ah!” Veronica laughed too. “I never change, Henry. Maybe that is why I am unique. Maybe that is why you are unique too. You never change too, Henry. I had a small chat with your brother before you came here. We talked about your life for almost an hour. He said there is a rich girl who is interested in you, but you have refused to return all the signs she has been offering to you. Why?”

“It is a long story,” Henry said, trying to dodge the question.

“Everything is always a long story,” Veronica said, laughing. “Maybe, you should tell me who she is. What is her name?”

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And then there was the secretary of the man that Mark Crossword owed money, Stone’s. The woman with her rinsed-out look, her washy blue eyes, faded hair, and pallid skin, the woman seated at the front desk with a smile, the woman wear