The New Old Master
Surface Tension
Across the Desk

Surface Tension
The numbers sit on the surface. The behavior doesn’t.
Sometimes you see it. Sometimes you don’t.
It didn’t start as anything unusual.
Then I got a call from a revenue officer.
He asked if I had advised the client.
I said no.
I knew to say no.
It was better for me to look like an idiot than for him to look like he knew.
Years later, I found out he was ready to leave the country.
Who Are You?

What They Said
“You can't buy common sense.”
What The New Old Master Is Watching
Yong Pal — a gifted surgeon makes house calls for the underworld.