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I ignored it, afraidthe lines of, "I knohat you did you low-life piece of shit and I' to make it my mission to ruin you"

He sent follow-up texts periodically over the next four days that got increasingly ry

"Hope your vacation is going well Call me Need to discuss some business

BeckI need to talk to you I've got to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the Nicholson-Meyers project Call me

Will you fucking call me? I need to talk to you asap

I don't knohat the fuck is going on, but I've about had it Call me"

I ignored every single one of these, as well as the few times he actually tried to callto JT that I was in full-vacationany business calls or texts until I returned stateside Thaton al from him

I' my first day back in the office and I haven't a clue as to how to handle hi froure a way to bring him down

Tapping on es All those from Linda I'll read tomorrow One from JT looks like he just forwarded an article froh it probably has so so I don't have to even look at JT's name

Sliding er down the screen, I stop on an eo

The subject line is simple and causes my heart to race: I Hit Pay Dirt

The es only has tords: Call me

I shoot a quick glance at Sela, and assured that she's sleeping soundly, I walk into the bathroom and shut the door behind me It's only seven PM back in the States, and the worst I'd be doing is interrupting his dinner, so I don't hesitate in dialing his number

He answers on the second ring by saying, "Figured I'd be hearing froh it's whatfour AM there? You're up awful early"

I don't bother to engage the polite small talk "What did you find?"

Dennis is all business and gets to the heart of thewoot a bit of a ga problem"

This does not surpriseof a problem?"

"He is in deep, and I mean way deep to some nasty people here in San Francisco who are backed by even nastier people in Vegas"

"But he doesn't go to Vegas," I say dumbly At least I don't think he does Not that I'm really privy to JT's plans, but I don't ever recall hias

"You don't have to go to Vegas to enjoy their high-dollar stakes"

"What does he bet on?" I ask curiously

"The question should be 'what doesn't he bet on?' He's into everything High-dollar online poker, horses, boxing, UFC fights, Rose Boinner, Super Boinner, the sex of Princess Kate and Prince Willia down money on it"

"So how is this pay dirt?" I ask hesitantly

"Because he is leveraged to the hilt He's got alas wants to collect"

"I don't understand," I say stupidly "JT's not poor Twoto sneeze at, but he should easily be able to come up with that"

Dennis chuckles into the phone and I can hear the flat-out aotelse is either gone or tied up Hell, he could legitimately file for bankruptcy"