““Sure,” I said, my tone neutral to the point of sarcasm. There was a pause. “You’re not going to leave it on,” he said, sounding half-resigned, half-bemused. I laughed. “We’d have a better chance of success if we could work together,” he said, earnest as ever. I laughed again. “All right, do it your way,” he said. “I know you will anyway.” “Anything else?” “Yeah. It would really be nice if you could account for some of those disbursements.””
