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Tobacco Road Cake – Part 03

La Guardia continued to peer around with a sense of unease and curiosity, but she eventually shrugged it off.

“I’ve ascended the golden staircase of wealth with honor and dignity,” she continued. “I haven’t taken anything from anyone. I’ve never incurred a grudge. There’s no way anyone here could have a motive.”

“That’s right!” The elderly priest adorned in glittering golden robes, clutching a bible emblazoned with gold leaf in one hand and a trumpet in the other, stepped forward. “Lady La Guardia is the goddess of money! She’s the guiding light for all of us. Isn’t that right, young man?”

The young man beside him jumped in surprise. He nodded vigorously. The elderly priest returned the nod cheerfully, but before he could say more, an irritated female voice cut through the air.

“Hold it! I know you, young man.”

“What?!”

Startled by the sudden interjection from the middle-aged woman in a navy evening dress,