The plastic bucket rattled when the mug hit bottom.

I drove straight from the penthouse to the steakhouse on Oak Lawn Avenue, where Frank Doyle was waiting in a corner booth.

Frank had a blue canvas folder open next to his bread plate.

“The board wants the signed twelve-million-dollar bid summary by Friday,” Frank said, tapping his wooden pen on his notebook.

“Are you clear-headed enough to read page four?”

“There’s nothing wrong with my eyes, Frank.”