"I repeat: If you ever try to frame my partner again, you're dead. I don't need your opinion on how I conduct business, but if you try to mess with him, you're done." Leonard didn't need true loyalty from anyone other than Mick. Not as if he'd ever trust anyone else anyway.

"How was having a crush on you good for him again? Because I remember the very moving play you put on where you kissed him, then called him a faggot and kicked him out so he wound up homeless on the street in the middle of the night." Len looked up and smiled, shaking his head. "No, Tricks. You can't be."