The second reason was the fact that the purplish place that Vera described from her dreams was the same place he'd seen in his own.
Spader turned out to be the first person Jonah approached. Terrence was out for the day with Alvin and his parents, and Reena had shut herself up in the art studio, which meant she needed privacy.
Spader flashed Jonah a devilish grin when he saw him. “Back for more, are you?” he asked as he pulled out a deck of red cards.
“Spader, let me ask you something,” said Jonah, momentarily distracted, “you play solitaire, Three-Card Monty, blackjack, spades—all with blue cards. But you play poker with red ones. Why is that?”
Spader nodded approvingly at Jonah's observation. “It's damn simple, J-Man,” he said. “Red attracts attention. The more vibrant, the better. W
