"Strange but not impossible. Look, they gave their shit over to him but he had an itchy trigger finger. Some dudes do. I thought it was strange and then I talked to some people about it and apparently it isn't." It was a lie but what else was he supposed to say? He didn't want to get messed up this. Dante had specifically told him to keep his nose out of it. The Rathaways were a big name and dealing with this was a bad idea. It would cause trouble.

Odds are, it was an assassination or something and if they knew he was a witness, he was so dead. "I don't want your money. I want to live. Now knock it off and give up."