"I've already called for your lawyer, don't you worry. I want him to try and get you out of this, just makes it more fun for me." No, he didn't see any way Jon could possibly wiggle out of that. "Maybe you shouldn't have talked loudly about offing him just before, conveniently, someone else did it for you. Really bad timing. What a terrible coincidence."

Gene shrugged, assuming they'd have a while to wait for Tally yet. Didn't mean he couldn't keep going. "I get it. Posh bastard like that, if that came after my boys... I might lose it too. You want to look out for your family. See them treated right. I've witnessed that plenty of times."