Every now and then Jack told me all about a case he was working on.

Why wouldn't Jack have told him, if that was the way it had gone down?

"Jack did tell me that with good behavior you should be out in a year and a half."

It was just short of six in the morning, Jack told himself as he looked out the window.

He was thinking whether to do what Jack told him to.

Jack had called ahead and told her to be there.

Now all he had to do was figure out a way to get Jack to tell him.

Now, there was something to start off his day, Jack told himself.

But the time for the old rules was past, Jack told himself.

And that, Jack told himself, would be the key to everything.