Well, I should think that you'd be used to having friends around by now, at least. You've been a member of this community for a few years, haven't you?

There are just as many examples of private investigators with partners as there are those without. For example, Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson, Eddie Valient had his brother, and Detective Stabler had Benson (who was a woman, by the way). Even my parents worked together to solve cases. My father used to say that he could think of no one better to have for a partner than his own wife.