Zero Effect Page #3

he keeps it in a safe deposit box.

But then he keeps the key to the box

cleverly hidden on his key ring...

...with his car keys and his house keys?

I'm telling you what he said.

So anyway, about a year ago...

It'll be a year on the 12th...

...he loses his keys.

They had a gold-plated...

... Swiss Army knife attached.

A couple days pass.

- He gets a little panicky.

- Flight 2064 to Portland.

Harold Burges.

Then on June 23rd,

he gets a letter at the office.

Comes FedEx.

Stamped "Personal and Confidential."

Sender's name marked as

"Past Due Collections."

That's nice.

Laser-printed, not very long.

Starts out:
"Mr. Stark, I have evidence

linking you to your crime.

You may entertain notions of impunity.

But in the end everyone is culpable."

There's a succession of

$ 100,000 payments to be collected.

He gets letters

which lay out a maze...

... and at the end of the maze he makes

the drop. He's done it 7 times so far.

He gave me copies of the letters

which are in a file...

...that I'm putting in your briefcase

with the case file.

There's a drop tomorrow.

I said he should plan...

...to go through with it.

Good.

There's a lack-of-information

problem here, and he won't say much.

- What's wrong with these people?

- I said not to lie.

Eventually you always figure it out.

It just slows things down.

You mention the case

of the guy who lied about his age?

Of course.

Was he impressed?

Really impressed?

F***ing flabbergasted.

I think if you look truthfully

you'll see...

...you maybe moved in

with her prematurely.

What?

You heard me.

Your problems with Jess...

...aren't my fault.

Could we please

not talk about this now?

You're not ready to get married and

I think you should look at that and...

Please?

I'm thinking maybe I should get

in touch with Hodgemeyer for this case.

Reservation for Hodgemeyer...

...Mitchell...

...Hodgemeyer.

This guy will be a pain in the ass.

- Try to figure out which bank it is.

- All right.

We got one shot to break through this.

Tomorrow afternoon.

That's about the size of it.

Easy enough.

It's not without serious

reservation that I begin...

... the seemingly impossible task...

... of documenting my own methods.

It always seemed that...

... someone else should do it.

Unfortunately, my faithful

legal representative...

... has shown no interest whatsoever.

And so I am forced

to take on the task myself...

... with no intention...

... of glorifying or aggrandizing

or immortalizing my own memory...

... but rather in the hope...

... that such a memoir might someday...

... be useful to others.

I begin my examination...

... of the method.

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