Part 1

"Where is it?" he demanded.
"You'll have to be more specific than that," Gordon answered.
A shot fired close to Gordon's foot. "The necklace! The blue diamond necklace!" the other shouted.

How the devil did volunteering to paint a kitchen land Gordon Cartwright here? The cocking of a gun returned his focus to the gunmen surrounding him, each with their icy eyes stabbing through him. The more pressing matter was how was he going to get back out of the situation he had been thrown into with his godson?

How did they keep getting into situations like this?