Chapter One
“Our value systems are the guideposts of our lives, they determine who we are, how we relate to the world around us, and what we will become as our life progresses. They define us in ways that words alone cannot, since what we say is far less important than what we do.
  Adrian Warren stood on the ledge outside the window of the women’s washroom on the fourteenth floor of the financial center, looking out on a foggy night. His value systems were those of a charming, immature eighteen-year-old thief who thought that rules were made for other people. His value systems had been developed as a by-product of an undisciplined childhood and an education that was a yard wide and an inch deep. His guideposts were faulty and had led him astray.
  This was the last night of his life.”