“Steele pointed at a line in the ledger, and made a note in his smaller pad. “You got it, partner,” Stone said, a bit louder than necessary. There was a party atmosphere around the Mason dining room table. For much of the afternoon, Stone Mason had sat at one end of the table with photocopied pages from both ledgers. A mug of coffee sat by his right hand, a gin and tonic by his left. His partner Rico Steele was a mirror of his actions at the other end of the table, staring at the same pages, bra...ced by the same mug and glass, except that between his drinks sat an ashtray. Smoke curled up from his cigarette while he scribbled on his pad. On one side of the table, Sherry Mason and Linda Perry sat side by side, reading out number and letter combinations. No coffee cups cluttered their side of the table. Sherry, ever the dutiful hostess, kept their glasses filled from a big pitcher of gin and tonic. “We have got them cold, partner,” Steele said, almost shouting over the Temptations playing in the background.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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