Did you ever hear of the leander pearls?, she asked.
'God, that old blue suit of yours is so shiny. You must have money in the bank, the clothes you wear.'
'No,' i said, 'to both your ideas. I never heard of the leander pearls, and i don't have any money in the bank.'
'Then maybe you'd like to make youself a cut of twenty-five grand.'
I put my cigarette out. How was Kathy Horne going to put her hands on twenty-five thousand dollars?