My job's on the line here. I have to watch my step. There was a silence on the line. Marty frowned at the phone. He managed a chuckle that sounded sincere.
Business is business.
There was another sigh. Look, I gotta go. Things might get a little hairy around here soon. Marty hung up the phone and looked around his office, thinking about what a difference one damned phone call could make. His Starbucks was cold and gray in the paper cup.