Jackson sat in his study at ten in the morning, staring at quarterly reports he couldn't focus on, when his phone buzzed with a message from David Chen: "Need to meet today, important development regarding your wife."

Jackson immediately called back. "What development?"

"Not over the phone," Chen said. "Can you meet me at the usual location in an hour?"

The hour felt interminable, and Jackson arrived at the bar fifteen minutes early, ordering scotch he didn't drink while he waited; Chen ...