Boss, Your Wife's a Whole Detective novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: The Meeting
The extraordinary meeting of Garvey Group began at eight o'clock sharp, because a man was to be arrested at nine.
Two hundred shareholders filled the ballroom of Garvey House in rows of gilt chairs.
Two uniformed officers stood at the back, as the state's attorney had promised, with their hats in their hands.
On the dais sat the board at a long table, nine chairs, five microphones. Lionel Lonergan sat in the middle.
He wore grey cashmere and both gold anchors.
He looked like a man at his own retirement party.
Lorna sat on his right, in black, with her hands folded and her face carefully empty.
I sat in the front row in an oatmeal cardigan, with my hair pinned flat.
I wore the plain-glass frames, and Frank's medal was in my pocket.
It was the last time I would wear the costume. I wanted him to see it once more.
"Gentlemen, ladies," said Lionel, rising to the lectern. "I take no pleasure in this."
He took off his half-moon glasses and polished them.
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