Oh man! [Have I left fdk yet? I've been reading...]
Two things could have happened:
a. emergency so major he couldn't avoid going [though I'm having a hard time thinking of what it could be; he'd let most things slide at a time like this]
b. he's doing something that will make sense later - arrangements for him to do the speaking or something of that nature
So which is it? And when do we find out?
Carol