"... bribe you? Don't jump the gun, Miss, I didn't get that far yet" , comes a reply with vague undertone of amusement. "I was merely thinking that, if you're a genuine investigator who's been genuinely hired, there ought to be someone paying you some genuine money. But if you're being pranked by my daughter's classmates, all you're going to get paid in is Monopoly money."

"Just thought I'd give you a fair warning before you waste too much time on teenager nonsense. Oh, and if people keep hanging up on you, you probably aren't doing too hot, professionally speaking. Sure you aren't latching to this job because you think it's your last chance to make it?"