I did not speak during the meeting. I want to be clear about that — I did not, in the moment, call Vincent a liar. I did not correct him. I did not volunteer information. I sat at the table with my notebook open, and I took notes, and I let Vincent tell the story he was telling. I did this because I had already, in my head, decided what I was going to do, and I needed him to commit the narrative to writing with witnesses present before I did it. At the end of the meeting, the managing partner said we were going to "aggressively defend" the lawsuit. He said he trusted Vincent's account. He said the client had "overstepped" and that we were going to make them regret the letter. He gave the attorney instructions to prepare a countersuit for abuse of process. The meeting ended. I went back to my desk. I sent one email, from my personal Gmail, to Denny Castellano's personal Gmail, which I had gotten two months earlier when he'd sent me photos of a restaurant recommendation in Columbus. I asked him if he could meet me, alone, the next day.