“What do you think this is, Adam?

It’s the sixteen million dollars you put in my company. Remember?

I want you out of my business and out of my life.”

He doesn’t say anything for a few seconds.

The silence between us is dense, but I can hear the sound of his rough breath.

“Did he ask you to give me this too?” he finally asks, his voice deep with a sudden rage I wasn’t expecting.

“Don’t change the fucking topic, Adam!” I snap at him. “Take this and stay out ...