want you to realize that the man you called “half a man” is the one standing between you and the street. My condition is not for your money or your pride; it is for your perspective. From this day forward, you will never speak of my stature or my past with anything but respect.’
He placed the check on the coffee table but kept his hand near it. ‘If you ever slip, if you ever return to the mockery that defined the last twelve years, you will repay every cent
