I took the long way around the cubicles, past the empty chairs and the dark monitors.

Gavin came out of the conference room before I reached the elevators.

“Christopher.”

I kept walking.

He stepped in front of me, and for the first time all day, he didn’t have a phone in his hand.

His tie was loose at the collar, and one cuff had come unbuttoned.

“One minute,” he said.

“That’s all I’m asking.”