Within a few days after Vittaro's return, Kurt was plowing through the log files piling up in his Ukrainian mailbox and before long had located confidential emails that indicated just how far Millard-Fenton Publishing was willing to go in making a deal with the author. Armed with that knowledge, it was easy for the author's agent to negotiate much better terms than originally offered, without ever running the risk of losing the deal altogether. Which, of course, meant a bigger commission for the agent.