Jake Randolph in "Tiki Moon" Pt. 273

"Randolph," Harrigan said as he shook his head, "why do you have to collect dead bodies? Why can't you collect baseball cards like any normal adolescent?"

"Because I don't chew gum," I said sarcastically. "I'm not in the mood for lectures and I'm not in the mood for you being an utter bastard, Jim. I'm really not."

Much like me with him, Harrigan knew when to drop the drama and just play it straight.

"Okay, what happened?" he asked.

"Nick Berman, the vice president of this company, Mort Alexander, Deborah Newstead's husband, and Stan North plotted to have Scarlett killed."