Merrick was surprised to see Ryan’s car parked in the driveway when he pulled up. They had made plans to meet for supper at the same restaurant as last time, and then go to a movie. Maybe he’s finally come to his senses and decided to use the room for his studio. He watched Ryan as he got out of his car. No maybe about it. He has. My plan worked. Thank you, Mr. Foster. It hadn’t taken much to convince Mr. Foster and his partner to have a two-man show at the gallery. Money talks, as the saying goes, and Merrick had offered them a sizable sum if they’d set it up, without them revealing that a certain new patron of the gallery was the moving force behind the idea. “Well, this is a surprise,” Merrick said as he joined Ryan, after putting his car in the garage. “I thought…” “You’ll never gue