"Did she say anything?" asks Mike.
"No, nothing. She didn't have a chance to."
"Wow," says Mike. "I guess that's too bad, in a way."
I shrug. "We all get what's coming to us, eventually. She just wasn't
smart enough to quit while she was ahead."
Mike sighs. "I'm not an idiot, you know. You have to understand, it's
business, nothing personal." He's sweating now. I watch a little bead
of perspiration make its way down his forehead. "How much do you know?"