“I’ll call them and if they are agreeable, I’ll have Melody arrange something at The Summit in a couple of weeks. I want you there though; you were responsible for bringing it this far, just because they want to be a pain in the ass at the end doesn’t mean your work isn’t recognized. I want it known to them that you were responsible for everything until this point.”

“Thank… thank you Nicholas. I appreciate that,” he is clearly surprised—I don’t give out compliments often but in this case Alex has done everything on this including going above and beyond what they have asked for.

“I’ll read this over but...