“The first you will find satisfying.

This morning, Alejandro attempted to present himself as the sole owner of one of your commercial office buildings, in order to secure an unauthorized private business loan against it.

He walked into a bank and tried to borrow money using a building he does not own and has no claim to.

His own firm’s corporate compliance department has already opened an internal investigation into his conduct.”

“How,” I said, “could he possibly be so stupid?”

“Because,” Richard said, without a flicker, “he has spent fifteen years convincing himself that everything he touched was his own.