Chapter 149: A Real Eye-Opener

At those words, Otto Shaw's face darkened again. He respected how young and capable Travis Jauncy was, yet the kid's attitude rubbed him the wrong way. He had bought this stone on a trip to Ineville last month. He was no master appraiser, but he had been in stone gambling for more than a decade and prided himself on a decent eye. Judging by the grain and the texture alone, he felt sure this one would yield something. Otherwise, he would not have gone to such trouble to haul it from Ineville to...