“I don’t recall.”

Kit went on for an hour. I don’t recall eleven times. That would have been handled at a lower level six times.

He was not rattled. He was patient the way a man is patient with a delayed flight.

Then Kit put the email in front of him.

He read it. He set it down. His lawyer asked for a moment and Vance waved him off, which I think was the only genuinely stupid thing he did all day.

“Mr. Vance, is this your reply?”