# THOMPSON-HAYES: BLOOD MONEY ## Chapter Thirty-Three — Nathan's Clean Record The FBI's review of Nathan's involvement closed on a Friday. She found out from him directly. He came to the apartment at seven in the evening and stood in the kitchen doorway and said: "Vance's office called my attorney this afternoon. The review is closed. No criminal referral." She looked at him. She had known this was coming — Patricia had been signaling it for ten days, had said the review findings were moving toward closure with no adverse conclusions. But knowing something is coming and having it arrive were different. The arrival had its own weight. "How do you feel?" she said. He came and sat at the table. He looked at his hands for a moment. "Relieved," he said. "And also—" he stopped. "Also lik

