"Says he done with you," the Dodger said. "He were... angry. That night. Really angry. Says he's washin' his hands of you an' you ain't to come cryin' back to him when the money ain't there." He gives a shrug.

"So, no, he ain't wantin' you." There was a pause, and he's contemplating asking if Cooper's new position was the only reason she changed jobs, but then it weren't really a job Nance had all that much fondness for in the first place, was it? It was a thing. A thing that had to do whether they liked it or not.

"How's the new job?"