Andy Maddox, an associate of Graham’s informed him from where he sat across the desk from him. “Why do you say that?” “He’s threatening to turn us all in.” Maddox nervously smashed his cigarette out in the tray on Graham’s desk before immediately lighting up his next Marlboro. Troy “Zim” Zimmerman and Andy Maddox had been long-time partners with Graham on many a hedge fund and several successful start-ups. Actually, they’d all met during the eighties when Graham had made his first million, the two men close in equaling him in monetary value and pretty much every other aspect of life in the fast lane. Then they’d met Chuck Drake, a broker who had all kinds of connections, and who’d also made them very wealthy over the years with insider information and several “pump-and-dumps.” Well, kept them wealthy, one might say. “Fuck.” Graham checked out his fingernails. “Where’s this coming from?”
