in the midst of this story that had unfolded , of the facts that had fallen into his lap or revealed themselves like treasures for which only he had the map , of his meeting with joey and jade , and their interest in what he knew , of their willingness to use him and his web site to alter the course of wrestling history , steve had forgotten that he was just an unemployed twenty-something who lived with his parents and was playing a high stakes game with some of the most powerful people in the world .