Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

will proceed as scheduled.”

“It will be there,” Hochman said.

He took the blue folder and placed it inside a larger, red manila envelope, sealing the metal clasp with his thumb. He did not look at me as he placed the envelope in his desk drawer and locked it with a small brass key.

“Go home, Lydia,” Hochman said. “The next forty-eight continue reading …