Chapter 37

 Shen motioned for me to join them at their table. He and Bruce were brainstorming while waiting for my arrival, and he was both pleased and anxious to share the results. I’d barely reached the table when he started to fill me in.

“Bruce came up with an excellent idea,” he said excitedly. “We need to buy a crossbow. I asked around and there is a sports shop that might be able to help us on Rainbow Boulevard.”

“A cross what?” I said as I settled into my seat.

It was obvious that both my cousin and my friend felt they’d come up with a solution to our dilemma, but I wasn’t quite grasping it.

Bruce stood up with a smug grin on his face while he jingled the keys to the rental van.

“I’ll explain on the way,” he said as he started for the door.

I finished the coffee Bruce left in his cup and hurried to catch up with them.

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