[ ...four out of five. peter's known him for years and he's around there still. neal's impressed, in spite of himself-- and a little gratified that his careful erasure of anything that indicated he grew up poor still holds up. ]

I'll give you everything but the con artist and forgery. Okay, no. One time I copied my mom's signature to get out of telling her about detention.

[ that would be george devore speaking-- the alias seems appropriate for the moment, and nick halden's a little too showy to just slip him on mid-sentence. no, george is enough like neal that neal can read his lines without needing to adjust his body language first. ]

He pleaded still not guilty. [ a smirk tilts his mouth. that was a good return on the serve, even for him. ] And that depends. Which one do you want from me?

[ just ooooooone more shot, bb. come dance topless on the crime bar. ]