* * *
Julius woke Alexei at 3 p.m.
“I think we should go over our talking points,” Julius said.
“Okay, advise me.”
Julius inspected his notes for a moment.
“Okay, the first point is that you should admit no wrongdoing. You didn’t know about any malicious activity Gregor was involved with. An important consideration is that Gregor was acting solo, with no known accomplices. If the conversation is going well and you want to be generous, offer a list of Gregor’s known and unknown haunts. Oh, one other point—we should ask them for evidence of the hack and what brought it to their attention.”
Alexei memorized all talking points.
“I hope you brought a suit for the discussions,” Alexei said.
“I did, but we don’t need suits.”
Alexei looked puzzled.
“Why not?”
“Because Roscoe, our driver
