30 Neon
Pari Malik finishes breakfast and reaches Roman Antonius by mobile phone.
"Are you at home?" Pari texts him. "Can I join you for a few minutes?"
"I'm at the casino sign graveyard helping a friend plan his wedding. We are here early, before the museum opens to the public, but I can stop by the casita later today," Roman replies by text.
"Unfortunately, it cannot wait. I can head there now. I just need a short time to speak with you. Can you get me inside the museum?"
"Sure," he texts.
Pari drives north of downtown Las Vegas to the top of an historic hill, just above the valley floor where an old religious fort and settlement built in the 1850s still resides. Gargantuan neon displays in various states of restoration flock in an enclosed, outdoor plaza. Roman meets her at
