"If you want to make things difficult for Ms. Falter, we won't have any choice but to explain that fully to her," you say.
"Yeah," says MJ. "And who are you? Basically nobody. I don't really picture Angela taking a meeting with you in order to hear your excuses about her wayward son. Excuse me."
MJ pushes past Felix, who is looking at you with an expression of bemused triumph.
"I feel like I'm missing something," says Felix, walking beside you.