Chapter 45

VAL

We were having a pleasant conversation until he parked in a garage in a Soho building.

"Tell me, Val, what made you accept coming to my house?" he said.

"I like you. I mean, the way you act. You're simply charming," I replied.

"Thank you." He's so mysterious and, at the same time, so sincere.

"I think you have a way with words, Mr. Pierce," I said.

"You have to learn how to win people over in