Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

said, adjusting his tie as the flash went off.

“The Ninth District needs independent eyes, Lydia, to help us study the housing needs.”

I looked at him, waiting for the hook.

“My office wants to offer the Watchdog Initiative a fifty thousand dollar grant for community research,” he said, sliding a thick cream-colored envelope across the table.

The envelope continue reading …