"Negotiated?" The mayor withdrew his gaze from the window, glanced at Ferrari, and asked, "How did the negotiation go?"
Returning to the office, Ferrari encountered His Excellency the Mayor, and the complex emotions within him felt like a truck crashing into a chemical store, triggering constant reactions.
The only thing providing him some comfort was the check belonging to him in his chest pocket; agreeing to Lynch might not be a bad thing after all.
The City Hall does not provide salaries for people like Ferrari; their salaries come from the mayor's private office expenses. In other words, the mayor pays Ferrari's salary, which means it can't be too high. This is why his salary is only a bit more than five hundred dollars - the mayor finds it hard to give him a higher wage.
