Chapter 26
“He sold five hundred tires to one of them three weeks ago, right?”
“Yes,” Dan said. “He had to clear it with me, because the customer wanted to pay twenty dollars a tire less than market.”
“Just so,” I said, “and Mr. Ramirez got a kickback of half of that twenty dollars in the form of a check for five thousand dollars from the customer. He gets similar kickbacks from all of his so-called special accounts.”
“Damn!” Dan said. “Are you sure?”
“I can’t prove it in a court of law, but I’m sure.”
I could see that Morgan was about to go ballistic on us. Evidently, Paul saw it too, because he held up a hand and said, “Time out, Dan. We need to hear what Quentin has to say, okay?”
“Yeah.”