Chapter 21Greenby had already spoken to Hartrand when I phoned him Monday morning. Our client was pleased with the meeting, which meant Greenby was too. I told him my supplier, Maricopa Stone, did business with an outfit called Dimension Stone USA that could deliver big blocks of almost any commercial stone you could imagine. Delivery would take about ten days for a block of alabaster big enough for the job. I promised to get started as soon as it arrived.
Later, as I walked to the studio with one eye behind me watching for my father, I reviewed our conversation and decided Greenby knew about Mr. Hartrand’s offer to deal directly with me. He probably orchestrated the thing to see if I had the same kind of loyalty to him as I had to Mr. Gresham.
After planning the commission piece, I went
