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“A couple?” Derek arched a pointed brow at the near-empty bottle “I’d say you have a lot more than that”

“Fine,” Martino snapped “I drink I doubt that co surprise to you”

“You’re right It doesn’t Based on your police record, you lost your license for six months after a DWI back in 2004 And the bars inquite a lot of you these days”

Martino turned a sickly shade of green “So I have an on-again, off-again drinking problem”

“It’s certainly on-again these days,” Derek observed

“I just told you, I’m under a lot of pressure” There was no doubt that Martino was unraveling—fast “Why are you here? A? Because I haven’t gotten behind the wheel of a car after having even one drink—not in years”

“You’re not being accused of anything,” Derek assured hi a“I was just acknowledging the challenge you face Especially since the gar-time”

“It’s their cheap labor,” Martino lassthat overlooked the floor of his factory “It’s hard to come by here”

“Especially when the workers you hire are legal,” Derek probed with a pointed state the rows of Asian wo machines “You seem to have that problem well covered A factory full of hard workers, who probably coe”

“It’s a in situation,” Martino responded quickly “They work hard, and, you’re right, it doesn’t costto keep them But their pay is more than fair There isn’t exactly a slew of job opportunities waiting for thelish”

“Really So how do you find them?”

Martino eating He shot a sidelong look at the whiskey bottle, clearly itching to take another drink “The usual Word of encies”

Interesting that e Martino had reat reluctance He was looking at the whiskey bottle again, this ti nervously to its base

Derek’s gaze followed suit Currently acting as a coaster for Martino’s whiskey bottle were a couple of business cards They were identical, both with the words sih fu e with some other inforlish, half in Chinese

Sih Fu Eood reason