After the brief, terse contact he’d initiated with Charlie, Jace managed to avoid having anything to do with him for the rest of the day. The sets for the next show were at the point where Charlie’s input was no longer necessary. He wasn’t certain why he’d felt it necessary to talk to him at all. Trying to get under his skin I guess. Didn’t work. Figured I was busy my ass. What a copout. Okay, Charlie, if you want to play it that way it’s fine with me. We’ll keep things strictly business from now on, the way we should have from the beginning. Evening rolled around and he was more than ready to call it a day. As he walked past Charlie’s office he heard voices coming through the open doorway. He recognized one of them as Ricky’s and his hands tightened into fists. He wanted nothing more th

