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The bosses in New York thought that one of us, one of the captains in Philadelphia, must be making side deals. They thought there should be more profits coming in, so they figured somebody must be skimming. Didn't matter that it wasn't me. The easiest thing for them, from where they were sitting, would be to quickly replace the entire management team in Philly, which would be 'very bad for my career' as they say. Cleaning house was a proven management technique to get rid of the one bad apple who was making everybody look guilty. In fact, that was how I had moved up a few years ago. The guy that ran the time-share business before me evidently decided to quit and move away suddenly rather than get fired like the other captains. I doubt if he was doing anything wrong, especially not stealing. I just know nobody ever heard from him after that day... But it wasn't me. My business is buttoned up, and plus I'm not stupid. Running this time-share mill was so easy for me and so profitable for New York that everybody was getting rich, me included. The money was rolling in every week. Why would I steal? I had to convince them it wasn't me. I mean, I really had to figure out how to sidestep any drastic actions that might be getting planned by the bosses. Maybe if I could figure out who was doing the skimming, pronto, I could fix things for everybody before this all gets out of hand.