Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

of these files on Tuesday night made the difference.”

I sat in the leather chair opposite him, keeping my hands flat on my lap.

“The board’s suspension did not leave me with many options,” I said.

I paused, letting the silence fill the room for several seconds.

“The papers had to go somewhere they would be read.”

“They were read,” Hochman said. “The grand continue reading …