Jake Randolph in "The Littlest Client" Pt. 20

We sat eating in relative silence. The diner was mostly empty of customers. The waitress was running a cloth down the bar as she sang under her breath. I didn't know the song.

We were almost finished eating when Harrigan looked at me and asked, "Why do you do this, Jake?"

"Why do I do what?" I asked.

"This detective business. Risk your life all the time and for what?"

"You risk yours, don't you? I guess you think being a cop that works for the city is somehow more noble than being a private detective?"

"No," Harrigan said softly...