Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

have to be absolutely certain before we raise an alarm, Lydia,” Raymond said.

I rubbed the silver casing of my watch with my thumb. The metal was cool against my skin.

At half past eleven, the sun was high enough to bake the asphalt outside the Ninth District field office on Central Avenue. Inside, Councilman Curren Price was leaning over a folding table,continue reading …