“Too late. You stick your nose in too many places, you’re going to get stung.” He waits a moment before dismissing me. “You play by your own set of rules, Blackwood. You’re clever, I’ll give you that. But right or wrong, I don’t forget how you play things. One day you’re going to find yourself in a gray area and the people you’ve walked over on the way might not see it the same way.”