when dick skinner took the job with the willetts, he was told what to expect.
well, he was not exactly told what to expect, but he was told what he had to do.
just do what these people tell you to do, eddie goldberg told him, and don’t ask any questions about anything. do you think you can handle that?
it’s what i have been doing all my life, dick said.
you think? and don’t just ask no questions to the willetts themselves, but of anybody else working there or that you encounter. even if they just look like schmucks like yourself. because you never know.
can i talk at all?
sure, you can talk about the weather, or about the yankees, or even about the crap on tv, like putin or climate change or whatever. just don’t ask about what is going on there.
suppose somebody asks me.something? like what do i think?
tell them you don’t know nothing. which will be the truth, because you won’t.
so, if somebody asks me something, it will be like being in jail, they are probably trying to trap me?
eddie laughed. no, man, nobody will care enough about you to do that.
then i don’t see what the problem is.
so don’t ask any questions.
i get it. i got it the first time. now that we got that settled, what am i actually going to do there?
damned if i know. just be there, and do what they tell you. but i warn you, these people are different from you and me.
how so?
they are really rich.
i worked for rich people before.
not like these people. these are the real rich, not like you see on tv. they could put jeff bezos in their back pocket and tell bill gates to polish the silverware.
very impressive. how do i get to this place?
take a bus to wheeling west virginia. someone will be there to pick you up.
do you have a ticket to wheeling west virginia or do i have to buy it myself?
i got it right here. here you go.
thank you, it’s a pleasure doing business with you.
eddie got up and left. dick stayed and finished his coffee.
he wondered if eddie had recorded the whole conversation. most likely he had.
what was the big deal? there were no secrets any more.
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