I check in with Mat on Thursday afternoon. The board transition is proceeding far smoother than anyone expected. Lukas hasn’t contested the vote or filed any legal challenge. Turns out that’s because no one has seen hide nor hair of Lukas since the board vote. He and Rae vanished into thin air. I’m too love-drunk to give a f**k. On Friday morning, I’m walking into the office late when my assistant, Madison, runs up to me. “Mr. Lazarev? I have Richard Thornton on line one. Editor-in-chief of the New York Times. He says it’s urgent.” I shrug. “Sure. Put him through.” These newspaper types and their “urgency.” The entire Lazarev Global PR team has been working around the clock to spin the news of Lukas’s “departure” in a positive light. They do good work, so I’m not overly concerned about

