“No, it isn’t. Fear was the reason. Pride was part of it too — I won’t lie about that. But someone from your office also called me.”

Damon went still. “Who?”

“She said her name was Nora Beck.”

His chief strategy officer. The woman waiting in Denver with a $780 million contract. “What did she say?”

“That you knew about the pregnancy.”

Damon felt the cabin tilt, though the aircraft was flying smoothly.