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Soon Charlie and Cliff were fast friends. Charlie talked about Cliff all the time: Cliff said this. Cliff did this. Cliff thinks this. They even had some projects going together.

“What kind of projects?” I asked him.

“Real estate,” Charlie answered. “He’s got some property in downtown Charlottesville he wants to develop.”

“And you are going to invest in it?”

“That’s the idea,” Charlie said.

“But what do you know about Cliff?

“Nothing,” I added.

“He’s smart and he has connections with people in town. Local people.

“Honey, please. Trust me,” Charlie also said.

“And when I get my pilot’s license, I am going to buy into his plane. We’ll share it,” Charlie said.

“A plane costs a small—”

But before I could finish my sentence, Charlie said, “We’ll both fly you to Rehoboth Beach.”