36 MARK
At the dinner table that evening, Mark O’Rourke did something he rarely did: he talked about work with his wife. But he didn’t consider it a work issue, since it concerned their longtime friend, Peter Valois. After half a glass of cabernet, he said, “Carlos—you know him—is convinced Peter is doing something he shouldn’t.”
Gerry put down her fork and studied her husband. “Something illegal?”
“So he thinks. But at least something against company policy.”
Megan entered the room, putting in one of her rare dinner appearances because a friend had to cancel a dine-out-and-shop invite after she was grounded. “Are you talking about Dan’s father?”
“Maybe, but you didn’t hear it,” Mark said. “How is Dan doing these days by the way? I haven’t seen him around. Have you crossed him
