On the day we were heading to Crystal Brook Mountain, I sent Ivan a message asking him to make time and get ready to represent me in court—though it might not just be one case.

But Ivan might have been too busy. He hadn't replied to my message. I mean, Ivan is generally very aloof, so I understood.

Crystal Brook Mountain is over two hundred miles from downtown Riverside State.

Mark drove himself in the imported BMW 7 Series that I had given him. On the way, he was in a ...