SIMON
The article didn't run.
That was the first thing David told me Monday morning, appearing in my office doorway at seven forty-five with coffee he'd made himself rather than asking anyone else to make, which meant the news was either very good or very bad and he wanted control of the room when he delivered it.
"Reeves pulled the request," David said, sitting down. "Withdrew it Friday evening, no explanation given to our PR team."
I looked at him steadily. "That's not good news."
"No," David agreed. "It isn't. When a journalist pulls a request for comment it means one of two things. Either he has nothing and gave up, or he has enough that he doesn't need our comment anymore."
"Which one is it."
David set his coffee down. "Marcus called three journalists on Friday. Not Reeves, thr
