Jake Randolph in "The Eternal Night" Pt. 8

I shook my head, "Nope. I killed the guy who killed him. Anyway, she went back east to live with her parents but she told me to keep the money."

Roxie looked shocked, "She told you to keep 250 thousand dollars?"

I nodded, "Some people don't care about money."

Roxie laughed, "Those people are called mentally insane!"

"Anyway," I continued, "I kept working for another year or so. But I invested my money and eventually got to where my money was working for me instead of the other way around."

"And that's when you quit being a detective?" Roxie asked...