I PULLED A MAFIA BOSS FROM A SINKING YACHT—24 HOURS LATER, HIS BODYGUARD BROUGHT $2 MILLION TO MY DOOR

this an investment in future rescues.

A.V.

I should have been angry.

Instead, I drove to work and pretended not to notice how smoothly the engine ran.

Two days later, the ancient spectrophotometer at the research station finally died. The station director said the budget would not cover a replacement until the next fiscal year.

The following Monday, a new continue reading …