She couldn't possibly pay the man enough to keep him there.
"And it was a small price to pay to keep the business going."
"If your man wants to pay me to keep someone alive, then he must think it's going to be difficult to do it."
But what price was he willing to pay to keep it?
"But there's a limit to how much we want to pay to keep our kids in the system."
Either way, it paid to keep this to himself, at least for the time being.
You're going to pay me to keep you out of trouble.
If I was 6-5 and 290, some guys on other teams would have to pay me to keep them alive.
In fact, he was willing to pay me to keep quiet about everything.
Also, it would pay you to keep views like that to yourself.