"Exactly. I hate to say it, but having to look completely incompetent and reschedule everything is actually the better scenario he left me with." Jason rubs his palm against his forehead and gets up to get more coffee. "You shouldn't take half. Most of these are contract drafting anyway, and since you're a Districter, you know."

It doesn't matter that he knows Emily's capable. What he isn't saying, the backhand inherent in the comment, is that he doesn't think she can read well enough to do it.

"Glad I didn't leave you in too much of a lurch."