I thought our previous chat had gone pretty well so I was rather confused about why he was here and so obviously upset. .* Red Hawk hoped down from hi... kaiila getting his crutches and hobbled in to the tavern, horn bow across his right shoulder. He took along look about the tavern and dismissed us all as beneath his notice. Which was very interesting as Imanja, talia, zia and I were all right by the batwing doors. DeMonessa saw Red at the door and nodded a greeting to him as she was sat there. It also appeared that he had loaned a substantial amount of money to a number of highly-placed and influential Houses in Harv'el and even more as personal loans to the Putram himself."It's all fairly standard, dear," Nesho said without looking up from an inventory of goods presently sitting in one of their warehouses. "I must admit that while Garishnie was a real prick, he was also a good businessman. I have never seen anything quite this substantial before but I can see the logic of what he. Just a joint once in a while.”“That’s cool.”I pulled into Hardin’s very own Town Pump. Balukas had called her mother and they’d meet up in a couple of minutes. I smiled, “Good luck.”She was standing by her passenger door, “Thanks. For the ride. And ... everything.”“You bet.” I looked around as if checking for cops. Once I’m into method-acting ... I pulled a wad of twenties from my shirt pocket. Rifled them with my thumb. It was two hundred dollars, but looked like more. “If you know someone who. Then one night she texted and asked if she could come over. I could tell right away something was up. Even the text didn’t sound like her.”“Did she come over?“Yep. And she had been drinking, which was totally not her style, especially during the week. So she came in and we sat down. She was already somewhat drunk and she started drinking wine as soon as she got there. And she seemed really sad. And I had never seen her sad before. So after a little while of me asking her what was going on, she.