The call with Dante was fifteen minutes long.
Aldric cleanup. Mostly confirmation, the kind of call where both people already knew what the information was going to be and were going through the steps because the steps mattered. The remaining legal exposure, narrowing toward closure. The shell company documentation is going to Pryce by the end of the week. The Harrington situation was moving through Garrett's team quietly and on schedule.
Roman was at his desk. Late. Past eight. Pen in hand, the Pryce summary opens in front of him, notes in the margin the way he made notes when he wanted his hands occupied while he was thinking.
"I think that covers the operational items," Dante said.
"It does," Roman said.
A pause on the line.
He had learned the quality of Dante's pauses over the pa
