As absolutely amazing as that would be... "I can't have you do that." Too many children relied on him, bastard that he was. Besides, he was old, and surprisingly powerful for a man of his build- Fagin was tall and lanky, hunched over to look like the most innocent of old men. But he was a bastard, through and through.

"Wants me to stop by tonight. I told him I can't, and now he wants more money, too." She sighs, leaning her head against Cooper's shoulder. "It's the same old song again and again."