On the first camera I had installed I saw a cube van pulled through the gate. The van backed against the dock. I recognized the two men as employees o... the company. Neither of them were the men with records. Right away I knew most of the scam.Evans had wanted to hire me as cover when he inevitably shut down. He was going to blame it all on someone in the employee pool no doubt. It was pretty stupid of him to think the regular employees, who sat around playing grab ass all day, weren't going to. My mouth only. No fucking. Good enough?” Danielle folded her arms thoughtfully. “Well, sure. That was the bet. But aren’t you forgetting. The bet was also that I get to humiliate you. Any way I want. You insisted as I recall.” I felt I had to jump in. Sandrine had made a colossal mistake and I hoped to try to get her to the other side as easily as it could be done at this point. “Hey, come on, Danielle,” I said. “You know how many guys are out there?” Keith used the opportunity to try to use. “No, I suppose not. I wasn’t exactly thinking straight when I recognized you. So, the three of you are cooking dinner together? I’m going to stay out of the way, but I may look in from time to time to see how it looks to have Mom share her recipes.”She nursed her coffee and shook her head at the thought.“You’re not mad that she hasn’t trusted them to you yet?” I asked gently.She shook her head again.“Rand, I barely set foot in the kitchen back in Charlotte. I’m sure I’ll learn to be more than a. ”She took my hand and shook it briefly. She didn’t smile. “I’m Linda,” was all she said.“Please help yourselves to something to drink. We have an amazing buffet prepared as well. There’s a nightclub set up in one of the ballrooms and a full casino in the other.”I couldn’t tell if she was even listening to me. I turned back to Jacob, and he was busily chatting very quietly with my wife. “Oh, and Jacob, we have a Torcedores from Cuba who is hand rolling cigars for us.”“Excellent,” he replied. “I.