Chapter 15
The Rematch
When Jason Stanton entered the conference room to meet
with Carlos for a one-on-one meeting, he slapped down
his notebook on the table harder than he needed to. “Good
morning,” Carlos said.
“Maybe for you and your goons.”
“What?”
“This Roger, who works for you. He’s asked for ALL
our books.”
“That’s what he’s supposed to do—conduct a baseline
audit of all the accounts. It’s a place for us to start. Standard
stuff.”
The argument was on. Steamed at being audited,
Jason took a number of verbal punches at Carlos, his team,
and JTS itself. Carlos listened quietly, deferentially, but
through it all remained poker faced. When Jason had fin-
ished, he looked at Carlos and asked, “Well?”
Carlos simply said, “I’m ...