Mr. Gibbons – real name Gary Gibbons, which was either a cosmic joke or a warning – was a short, round man with a handlebar mustache and the nervous energy of a squirrel who’d been on caffeine for a decade. He shook her father’s hand for a full thirty seconds, then turned to Hope.
“That’s what the IRS said! But Gibbons proved them wrong. He’s a visionary.” hope harper daddy's monkey business
“The monkeys aren’t the criminals, Hope,” her father said softly. “They’re the victims. Just like those artifacts. Just like the land Kimboko’s strip-mining.” hope harper daddy's monkey business