"If you hadn't cut off the supplier of important raw materials for Tuttle Pharmaceuticals, Jason wouldn't have been so busy that he fell ill and I wouldn't have gone out to see him." Max Andrews stared at him, his voice flat. "Alex Brock, you made this happen."
Alex Brock stood up and approached her. "You blame me for this?"? I have to remind you that surnamed Jake has violated my taboo to hit you twice, and this is the original "cause". What, you want me to watch a man flirt with my wife? Watching you cheat?
They can't explain it clearly and can't get around it.
Max Andrews took a deep breath. "Alex Brock, among other things, Jason is a good friend I grew up with.". I can't just look at him in the hospital and not do the most basic greeting.
After a pause, she said the words that had been brewing for a long time, "Can you let his company go?"
"Are you begging me?"
Max Andrews nodded. "Yes, I beg you."