Edward plastered a smile across his face and calmly took a white handkerchief from his suit's inner pocket, then wiped down the two barstools.
After wiping the first, he invited Fish Mooney to sit.
After wiping the second, he gestured for Ririko to sit.
He leaned against the bar, his elbow resting on the counter, and was just about to pose his riddle. "Take a guess. What is something that..."
Fish Mooney and Ririko raised their hands at the same time, stopping him from going any further.
Fish Mooney pointed at a chipped beer mug, her voice icy. "Get to the point, or I'll stuff this glass in your mouth."
Seeing the same impatience with riddles on Ririko's face only strengthened her conviction that they were cut from the same cloth.
Edward had carefully prepared his riddles and metaphors, but the two women threw him off his rhythm. He looked as miserable as if he had swallowed a toad...
Ririko ignored him and spoke directly to Fish Mooney.
"Do you know what Maroni bought from William Earn, Wayne's former vice president?"
Fish Mooney's gaze lingered on her face, as though weighing her motives. "What's a nice young girl like you asking about that for?"
Edward chimed in, eager to show off what he had already uncovered.
"I heard it's a powerful drug that can make people physically stronger."
Ririko glanced sideways at him, surprised that his guess was mostly right.
She picked up where he left off. "That's right. The pig-headed man caused me a lot of trouble, and I still don't know whether he's dead or alive. I want to destroy all those drugs."
She absolutely could not let anyone know that she had the same "Tomie Organization" inside her body.
Fish Mooney lifted her chin and sneered. "Why