Intro
It was a straight bodyguard job. I take them occasionally, if they are interesting. This one was going to be fairly interesting, anyway. I was guarding a little statuette of a songbird, studded with flashing gems. Sapphires and emeralds made a pattern of feathers on the back and wings, rubies covered the chest and belly, yellow topaz formed the legs and beak. But the eyes - the eyes were two flawless diamonds. I could hold the bird in my hand, it was so small, but I could never hope to have as much money as the little statue was worth.
Ramon Montague had hired me to hover over the bird all night. He and his wife were doing some charity event at their mansion, and the singer, Maxine Delacroix, was going to be performing at it. Ramon's wife wasn't to know about the bird, because...
