Chapter Three
Chapter Three
Joel stared at the glittering diamond in the remaining rays of sunlight longer than he intended before snapping the ring box shut.
“Good?” Tuck asked.
“You are,” Joel answered smiling down at him. “Very. The presentation is better than I expected. That can’t hurt my prospects, right?”
Tuck formed a concerned expression. “There are no returns on this. I assumed you understood that, under the circumstances.”
“It’s my risk,” Joel said, “which I estimate to be small and thoroughly worth taking. Here you go.” Joel handed him an envelope. “All federal, I’m sure you’ll appreciate.”
“Indeed I do.” Tuck peeked inside the envelope and fanned through the vouchers. “Aren’t you going to have Arnold examine the stone again?”
“No need. Pleasure doing business.”
“Mine
