Later that day, while Ethan was in the office, he called Dora and asked her to set aside some time for him on the following day. As it wasn't the way things were normally done, Dora couldn't believe her ears. "What is this all about," she wondered.

"Stephen is coming back," Ethan replied, "so it would be in everyone's interest if we had a face-to-face conversation for once. I need to talk to him,"

At first, Dora had thought that Ethan had wanted to start a relationship with her, so she was ...