Chapter Eleven
Tuesday, October 21
9:55 PM
Excalibur Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas
Craig lingered in the swirl of people in the Excalibur lobby as Paige swayed gently out of the casino. The jumbled sounds of slot machines and laughter faded in the background as he concentrated on watching the set of her shoulders, the flow of her hair.
He still remembered the Livermore murder investigation, swimming at the Lab pool and watching the water glisten off her black one-piece suit, sipping a pint of Red Nectar Ale at the Lyons brewery, watching the wind whip her hair as she drove him in her red MG convertible.
The new case had placed them once again on a professional basis, and daydreaming about a relationship with Paige didn’t seem professional. Before, he’d always gone out with someone outs
