"These things happen," Hill had said about the missing money.

That was pretty much all he'd said over the phone, but the tight, lethal way he said it made me think there was a little more to it than that. He mentioned something about the money being added to Rose's debt, but didn't give me any figures or timelines before he ended the call.

It made me seriously wonder if he was even keeping track of the deals I made for him. I doubted it. I could be working the ...