"Tam, did you hear what those bastards did?" I was steaming. 'They blew my daughter's college money."
"I heard."
"Well, it pisses me off like I can't begin to describe."
"I gathered that." She looked at me strangely. "He finally
got to you, didn't he? Noda finally pulled your cork. No more Mr. Cool."
"You got it, lady."
She continued to study me, and into her eyes crept a kind of affection I didn't even know they possessed. "Guess that makes two of us, Matt. He found out how to get to me, and now he's found out the one thing you care about."
"Guess he did at that."
"Well, now you know how I feel."
"He broke the rules, Tam. That's not part of the game. But do you understand what this means? Now I'm free to do anything I want. Honor is out the window."