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part, is over; this time tomorrow, I’ll be

free. But first I have to get through

today. I dress grimly and put on a coat.

Ken hands me a sports water bottle

filled with Baileys Irish Cream. I’m not

a big drinker, but I like Baileys because

it tastes like a chocolate milkshake.

“Drink this fifteen minutes before you

go on,” he says, kissing me good-bye.

I take the elevator downstairs and

settle into the car that waits to ferry me

to my destination, a big corporate

headquarters in suburban New Jersey.

The drive gives me plenty of time to

wonder how I allowed myself to get into

this situation. I recently left my job

as a Wall Street lawyer to start my own

consulting firm. Mostly I’ve worked

one-on-one or in small groups, which

feels comfortable. But when an acquaintance

who is general counsel at a

big media company asked me to run a

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