Chapter 9

Stone decided the perfect gift for Lance Bangle was a set of diamond earrings since his nephew had an arrangement of holes in his ears. The diamonds had to be something simple and not too flashy. He knew Lance loved earrings, wearing two or three in each ear at one time, enjoying how they shifted to and fro in the sunlight; always a conversation piece in his young world. Lance wore a variety of colors, metals, gems, and sizes. Fourteen-carat gold not chosen over silver, and vice-versa. Like the company Lance kept, he was eclectic about his ear wear, pretty much nondescript. No one could ever predict his true style, even Stone.