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“Where to?” he asked when we pulled into the structure.
“Stay left, there’s an exit to an alley in the back.”
Jack maneuvered to the back and soon we were on the access road between the Mirage and Caesars.
“This is a private road. It goes behind the Mirage to Sammy Davis. We can take Sinatra around back and use the employee entrance of The Boulevard or circle around and valet at the Sky Jewel.”
“Smart,” he muttered.
“You didn’t think I was all beauty, no brains, did you?”
I heard Rhode chuckle.
Damn. I forgot he was still on the phone.
“Yeah, Jack, did you forget she’s Mrs. S’s kin? There was bound to be some brains behind all that pretty.”
I knew Rhode was joking but still…
“I’ll have you know Helene Simpson is the smartest woman I know.”
“Helene?” they both said at the same time.
“Mrs. S’s name is Helene?” Jack went on to ask.
“Um, yes. Why do you sound so surprised?”
“Never knew her first name.”
How was that possible? They’d known her for a good long while.
“Some group of investigators you are.”
“No reason to investigate your grandmother, Atlee,” Rhode put in.
I guess he was right. Still, I was surprised they didn’t know her name.
“My grandfather called her Lenny.”
I smiled at the memory.
“I bet she hated that.” Jack chuckled.
“She pretended to the same she pretends to hate when you all call her Mrs. S but I know she secretly loves it. But if she didn’t fake-hate it she’d have nothing to complain about. And her second favorite thing to digging up a good mystery is giving those she loves grief.”
“A good mystery? Is that what we’re calling alien sightings now?”
My smile widened at Jack’s question.
“Left or right?” he asked, stopping at the exit.
“Left.”
He went left.
“Jesus,” I rushed out and braced my hands on the dash.
“There are five-hundred and twenty-three horses under the hood of this beauty,” Jack gleefully muttered as he accelerated.
