A lot of hand-holding required, and the thing of it is, he’s a direct pipeline to Pearlman and Hastings.” “Hastings?” “Nelson Hastings, Pearlman’s chief of staff. The three of them are like best buds or something. Rawls quit Santa Monica PD after ten years to go into business. So to him this is just a side gig.” “What’s the business? Is he a PI?” “No, it’s a business business. He owns a bunch of those mail-drop places.
