Ben was flat broke, so broke that he’d scraped together his last coins just to get to this interview. The trip home was going to be a long, miserable walk unless his potential new boss felt generous enough to front him some cash. New boss, his mind sneered, mocking his own desperation. The “job” had come through Mark, of all people. Mark wasn’t evil, wasn’t dumb, wasn’t even particularly shady. Mark was simply the guy Ben...