Aaron Cheney's jaw dropped. "So that's why Nathaniel started jade gambling! It was Vera all along!"
Then he added with a look of pure adoration, "Vera is incredible!"
For Nathaniel Nathan, hearing others praise Vera Xavier brought him far more joy than any praise directed at himself.
He stared at the piece of Emperor Green, lost in thought. The raw jade shipped to Crestfall was generally of poor quality, mostly just to satisfy a few local enthusiasts who enjoyed trying their luck on the stones.
He knew for a fact that Vera had never left Crestfall in her life. That meant she had picked out the raw stones for both the Full House Red and the Emperor Green from that pile of otherwise worthless rocks.
Finding the Full House Red could be chalked up to luck. But now, finding an Emperor Green on top of that? Could that still be called luck? If so, her luck was simply off the charts.
