Rory called Lou the next morning, as he’d promised, to say he was almost at the hotel. Instead of replying that he’d be in the lobby, as intended, Lou told him to park and come up to Gideon’s room.
Now what? Rory wondered. A change of plans, or has a problem come up we need to deal with?
Either way, he wasn’t certain he wanted to know. By the time he walked into Gideon’s suite, he was tense. When Gideon and Lou looked at him thoughtfully then glanced at each other, he was certain he wasn’t going to like what was going down.
“Lou had an idea about how we could pique Hanks’ interest in the gallery,” Gideon said, once Rory was seated.
“Do I want to know?” Rory asked warily.
“It involves you, so you have the final word on the situation,” Gideon replied. “Tell him what you were thinking, L
