Love the way Mr. Russ has become part of the 'family'...very organically with a minimum of fuss, as noted in past comments, because of Russ' position in life, most folks he deals with want 'something' from him other than a solid friendship/relationship. It would make it nearly impossible for Mr. Russ to separate the wheat from the chaff!!!
Let's hope the whole jasper thing is what it seems, but I suspect he's doing dodgy stuff with his brother, and exactly just what is that brother's business???