FITCH MANSION
"You did it? It's paid completely?"
"In full,"
Nick
answers with a satisfied grin.
Ryan
breathes a heavy sigh of relief.
"Oh! Oh, that is terrific." He brings his hands together in front of his
mouth, staring straight ahead at nothing in particular as the good news
continues to soak in.
"So how'd you do it?" he finally
asks.
"I simply told Katherine that I'd
received word of an exciting new investment opportunity and I needed some
cash because my money was tied up elsewhere at the moment."
Ryan pauses, waiting for the rest
of the story, and then flashes Nick a sideways glance. "That's it?"
"That's it." Nick sees the bafflement
in Ryan's face and explains, "She didn't just hand me the money. That reminded
her of how we'd discussed opening a joint account and she decided to go
ahead and do it. It was easier than I thought it would be -- I was sure
I'd have to do some prodding."
"Talk about easy, yeah." The younger
man shakes his head in amazement. "I cannot believe you pulled this off!
I--jeez, I never would have been able to swing this."
"Let's not start with that again,
Ryan."
"I'm serious," Ryan says forcefully.
His tone isn't aggressive, just frank. "I really don't think I could have
managed something like this. Keeping those guys off of our backs for as
long as you did and managing to get the money together -- it's impressive.
But I don't think it's the type of thing I could handle."
Under his mustache, Nick is scowling.
"You're still learning. This was the first time you've been involved in
something this ... complex. It's not always going to seem so intimidating.
This is business."
"I really don't know." Ryan pauses
reflectively and then says, "Dad, I am thrilled that we got out of this
as well as we did. But you were the one who did it. And the fact that we
were able to get out of it just tells me that I need to quit with this
stuff while I'm ahead."
"Ryan--"
"I really mean it. I think I'm going
to go legit."
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