Those must have been some investments. His remark made me think that my suspicions about him being a trust fund baby weren’t completely unfounded, although, judging by the way he’d spoken about Luke Nicolini, he could also have been involved in organized crime of some sort. He certainly hadn’t scrupled at breaking into someone’s backyard to take the puppies. Yes, it was done in a good cause, but still, there were quite a few people who wouldn’t have gone along with my plan simply because they didn’t feel comfortable trespassing on someone else’s property.
“I don’t know about ‘burning interests,’” I told him. “I just know that in general, friends talk about these things.”
Once again, his eyes met mine. Even though the lighting in the kitchen wasn’t the best, I could see glints of gold and
