Chapter Twenty-Six
There was just enough time before lunch hour to drive from the park to Laroche’s office building at the Perimeter. I gave Lilly a quick tour of Laroche’s thread in the Tapestry and asked her to keep an eye on it. I figured him for the type to have three-martini power lunches with other one-percenters at some local restaurant. If I was right, we could have the location of the talisman before he had ordered his blancmange.
Laroche left his office about 12:30.
"That’s the guy?" she asked. "He looks like the cover photo on one of those billionaire romance novels!"
"And he talks like he’s the Duke of Earl or something," I elaborated. "Try not to drool."
Lilly shot me a smirk. "Do I look like I date billionaires? Very not my type." She bit her lip a moment, and then added
