Page 6 (2/2)

“He misses his father,” she said

Stone wondered which father she astar Vance Calder, whose son the world believed Peter to be Stone didn’t knohat to say

“I mean Vance,” she said “He hardly knows you”

“All right,” Stone said “Why do you want to hire me?”

“I’o to bed I know you’re at Elaine’s at this hour, but I’m not”

“So, say it fast”

“You ree Hollywood film factory”

“I believe so”

“You remember that Vance owned a third of the shares when he died?”

“I didn’t knoas that much”

“He’d been buying the stock for many years, every time somebody died and some shares became available”

“Got it”