There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. Then Jason said in a calm and steady voice, "Sherry, I want to talk with you about Vincent. Then I will apologize."

The last four words he said was quite light in terms of voice volume. It made Charlotte feel she was hallucinating.

She calmed down and resumed her professionalism, "OK. I'll have my assistant call you when and where."

He had no objection to this. After agreeing to it, he readily hung up the ...