Chapter 43

“Here, I never gave you this.” He reaches into his inner jacket of that expensive dark slate suit he is wearing today and pulls out a smooth oblong on a key chain. It looks like a matt black pebble, and he holds it out to me on his finger, dangling while swinging sinisterly.

“What is it?” It looks suspect. I blink at it and don’t move to take it until I know what I am accepting.

“The access to the front door and side entrance. We changed the cards and keypads for these swipe keys to be more secure. Each one is tagged to the user, so we know who is coming and going, and we can disable any of them singularly and remotely if one is stolen… Gino’s idea. This is yours; I had it set up last night so that you could have it today.”

Stops unwanted hostesses drunkenly breaking in, I guess.

He is in all business mode, even if I am getting a vibe of irritated mood. I don’t think it’s aimed at me, though. I think he’s generally having a stressful day, and it’s not like hi