"I'm sorry, sir, Mr. M is unavailable, at the moment. I will be glad to pass your message along to him."<br/><br/>She takes his callback number, as well, much as he expected. It's nearly two hours later, when the phone rings.<br/><br/>"<em>Good evening, Mr. Rodrick,</em>" the voice on the other end of the line says, clearly using a voice modulator, that, every few seconds, changes the tone, to prevent him from easily descrambling the voice. "<em>I hear you had a run in with one of my associates.</em>"