I waited for Lola to explain what she'd found. She rifled her purse and rumpled papers came into view. My glance strayed to her as she read the sheets in silence.When I drew up to a red light, I turned to her in exasperation. “Come on Lola, speak to me,” I pleaded.Soft laughter accompanied her brilliant smile. With a wave of the papers, she continued to chuckle."These are bills from your cousin Kenny, for the shipment of gemstones. The note on the bottom is scribbled in red that the shipments never arrived. Do you think these may have been the stones that you and Marcus found?""Could very well be.” I thought hard for a minute and then said, “What are the dates? If they're bills it may be a legitimate sale, otherwise there shouldn't be a bill at all.""That's true, but these two guys aren't the brightest bulbs, you know. It could be a hustle of some kind. For instance, if the girls at the shop had to have papers for Livvy, then they would give her these. If the IRS was interested in their tax returns, these papers would prove the purchase of the stones so Livvy could write it off.
