Tremp wanted people to think that he was the richest man in amer ca, if not the world. But his wealth was entirely dependent on his father's tool company. He had private detectives follow women around and would go betweens to do flirtation so they wouldn't have to bother with it. Em: "He didn't want any of that out there"
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