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“You’d better speak to Ellis Grady about that. My guess is, he’s already lost it at the track.”
“How did you know he was...”
“How didyouknow? I guessed that he had to be in deep debt before he would take money from a job applicant. He may very well lose his law license.”
“He’s not a lawyer,” Eddie pointed out.
“Well, the bar association can breathe easier now. Who did you pay to say that you’d passed the bar?”
“I didn’t do that! I took that cram course weeks before you suggested it, and I knew the answer to almost every question they asked.”
“Who gave you the questions before the exam?”
“Listen, you don’t know how smart I am! I have a photographic memory, and I can remember anything I see or read!”
“Oh, yeah? Then how is it you can’t remember that I’m not your attorney?”
“Well, my memory is, sometimes, ah, a little dicey.”
“A lot of the time it appears to fail completely.”
“That, too.”
“Do you have a police record, Eddie?”
“No! They’ve never been able to prove a thing!”
Stone laughed in spite of himself. “You can’t go on working on that premise, Eddie. One of these days, they’ll have the proof handy, and you’ll find yourself sharing a cell with a big guy who likes to beat up on rich pretty boys like you.”
“I’ve met that guy once,” Eddie said disconsolately.
“Well, if you meet him again in prison, you’re a sitting duck.”
“Why are you saying these terrible things to me?”
“I’m just trying to get you to confront reality for once in your life.”
“I confront it every day, and I don’t like it!”
“Trust me, Eddie, that’s not going to change. The only thing that can change is your ability to deal with it. You should work on that.”
Eddie nodded. “I know.”
“Well, then. Take your newfound knowledge of yourself and get thee to the Yale Club. I’m surprised they haven’t kicked you out yet.”
“Well, I did have one conversation with the house committee, but I talked my way out of it.”
“They’re onto you, then. Have they checked your Yale credentials yet?”
“Yes, and they found that I had a 3.9 GPA.”
“I’m sure that impressed them, and they’ll be further impressed if your conduct doesn’t bring you to their attention again.”
“I understand.”
“If that’s true, then God has not put me on Earth for nothing.”
“God put you on Earth?”
