But it might not be. He was unaware of anything that might be important enough for shadow action, but he might not understand the importance of something he knew. He understood how "the biz" could work. Nobody would take his word that he was ignorant. If whoever wanted to tail him were serious—and he had every reason to believe they were—they could decide to use his family to persuade him to cooperate. Unfortunately, there was no way for him to cooperate—but would they believe that? Unlikely. And even if he did babble everything he knew, what did he know? Nothing. Certainly not enough to please whoever was after him. They would lean on his family. He couldn’t let that happen. He couldn’t let his mother and sisters be hurt.