"It's a matter of life and death, sir." James locked his eyes with Graham's intense gaze on him.
"The possibilities are only between me dying or him dying; of course, I will defend my life, but the value you mentioned is not equivalent to my life. So you should at least add some more." he coaxed Graham into wanting to get more from him.
Graham looked away from the man, his attention on the hook moving as one of the fish in the deep water was eating the bait. He tugged on the line by reeling, stretching, reeling, and stretching repeatedly on purpose to catch the struggling fish off guard.
While he did that, he was silent. He was buying time in a way that did not subtly show that he was indecisive because showing it in front of James was tantamount to admitting his weakness and giving Ja
