<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=200072.msg10153207#msg10153207">Quote from: Cold Heritage on 22-06-2014, 04:08:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Yeah, I compensated Rose fair and square in all our deals. C'mon, there's no way I could make her do anything as she didn't want to, and if I was treating her like a slave - and let's be clear, I wasn't - you think I'd let her run around way she does, out of the hold and away so far? Any slave'd have a mind to run off and never come back." Thumbs said. His face was starting to get this ugly, greasy look as he started to perspire. <br/><br/>"Taxes. It's taxes. He's uh . . . he's got some of the new hands doing the collecting, and they aren't, you know. Good with numbers. Three different sets of Dogs try to shake me down for extra when I already paid my share. Each one of them says, 'got word from Top Dog, personally, can't go back with nothing.'" Thumbs said. He looked nervous, but then, that was being under Marco's direct scrutiny.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Marco looked Thumbs in the eyes. It wasn't just that he was trying to ascertain the other man had a honest heart.<br/>Far from it. He knew Thumbs had no heart to speak of...and he knew that the directions someone looks in when talking reveals whether they're making it up.<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=60254<br/>Read a Person: success 7-9. Is he telling me the truth on what the deal is with Top Dog?</div></div>Either way, Marco decided he should bring it up with Top Dog as well - and probably give the tax-collecting to Stephan. The guy was too likely to forgive taxes for a good blowjob, Marco suspected.<br/>But first, the hardholder waved Rose good-bye.<br/>"Women are going to be the end of me, some day", he sighed. "But not today. And speaking of your issue...sure", he smiled. "But why didn't you come to me? Anyone demanding more taxes than they should impacts on my name. The issue would be settled, with scarcely a check on your books!"<br/>While saying that, he kept looking Thumbs in the eyes.<br/>"There would be nothing wrong with your books, as we both know, right?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Can I roll Manipulate an NPC to make him spill whatever he's hiding?</div></div>