A. W. I. A. 20: The hardware

In the the bathroom, at a safe removed from the man who claimed to be a doctor, I felt a new clarity. I began to see what kind of people I was dealing with.

First of all, there was money involved. Obviously a great deal of it. People who worry about money, I thought, don't have that kind of hardware. They have small hinges,the kind you can get anywhere.

There was much more at stake here than I'd previously supposed, I realized, and I would have to reevaluate everything.