make small talk. The daughter
would be right there, but the mom
couldn’t say, “Don’t talk to those
boys!” The loan gave us access to
establish a relationship with the
mom. We’d get invited to stay for
dinner. Once the mom knew we
were nice, upstanding guys, she’d
agree to let us take her daughter to
a party as long as we promised to
get her home safely. So then we’d
go to the guy who’d been so
desperate to meet the daughter.
“Hey, let’s make a deal. We’ll
bring the girl to your party and you
get to hang out with her. How much
can you give us?”