"I own this place, I can talk to my clients. Especially the ones that are sucking up to some wannabe crime boss in the VIP lounge." Which Sam had been doing, extensively. "There's only two options, Sam, either he is weirded out by you or he thinks you are coming on to him. Either way, he knows you are a cop. You are the most cop to ever cop. The whitest of hats. It's obvious."

He kept his voice down, but he was trying to get through to Sam here. "Trust me."