The men conferred among themselves, then spoke with Harry, who nodded and then translated for them. “They understand and thank you, but now they want to go back to the casino to see if they can win even more money. They have a good grasp on money going in and money going out, and the word bribe is something they are all familiar with. In other words, they’re good with everything. They want to leave now, so I said it was okay. They’re up on the use of Ubers, so no problem there. I’m staying here with you guys. Uh-oh, wait a minute. They want to know about free shipping. Seems the commercials they saw said the pillows come with free shipping.”

“Free shipping is only for the continental United States.” Lizzie stood up and walked around to the front of her desk, where she shook hands with her five new clients. There were lots of smiles and double bows that she acknowledged with a smile and bow of her own.

Fergus and Charles were the next to leave, saying they would be in touch. Fergus patted Lizzie on the back, told her not to worry, and he would engage a suite for her at Babylon. Lizzie nodded. She knew she’d have to go on a mini shopping spree the minute she reached Babylon, but that was okay; it had been ages since she’d gone shopping. Maybe the simplest thing, like picking out new clothes, would calm her down. She knew when she was wired, she was wired, and right now she felt like she could fly.

“Okay, boys and one girl, talk to me. I need to know everything, and I need to know it now before I leave here. What is going on? I can handle whatever it is, so do not leave anything out. I want to help if I can. I can actually concentrate now that I know Cosmo is definitely out of the woods and on the mend. Like I said, talk to me.” Lizzie drew a deep breath as she returned to what she called her safe zone, the law.

Maggie and Jack both took turns explaining what was going on, what had already gone down, and what they suspected. “We would have kept you in the loop, Lizzie, but you were in no condition to do anything other than what you’ve been doing, taking care of your husband and being at his side. Now you know as much as we know. We’re hoping to find out more when Charles talks to Abner and Avery,” Maggie said.

“So who is going where now?” Lizzie asked.

“To be decided. You should leave now, Lizzie, you look beat. We know where to find you if we need you. If you don’t mind, we need to sit here a bit and figure out our next move. Is that okay with you?”