FINAL CORRESPONDENCE
The first e-mail read: "You will not be receiving any messages from me. I have urgent, potentially profitable business in several places that will require my attention. S."
The reply read:" I am always delighted to hear of profitable endeavors and offer with deepest respect any facilitation I can, in my humble way, supply. "
The reply read: "Always out for a buck."
The reply read: "Life has taught me that money often scorned, but rarely turned down."
The reply read: "Yes, true. I will remember your offer."
The reply read: "There is one other thing—you have not informed me, and I would, of course, be honored if you did, about your recent project."
The reply read: "No intention of honoring you, but since you have asked—he is gone."
The reply read: "Gone? Do you mean he has taken the proverbial eternal road?"
The reply read: "No."
The reply read: "I really must ask, unless I am endangering my own, that is, unless I am placing my feet on the same road?"
The reply read: "Only if you are too insistent."
The reply read: "I am discretion and caution itself."
The reply read: "See that you are. I let him go. He bored me."
Then the screen went blank.