Inflated Ego novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: All Hands
Brent walked out of the studio behind me without a word to the lawyer in the hall.
The lawyer said, "Mr. Sayer," twice, to his back.
Brent signed his statement at the Nineteenth Precinct at ten past three.
VanBuskirk read it twice and did not smile, but she put down her pen.
Margot called me at midnight.
"Victor has called an all-hands for nine tomorrow," she said. "Dale's memorial, and then the succession."
"Succession."
"He's naming himself managing partner for life. I have to be in the room."
"I'll come."
"You're banned from the building."
"Then sign me in."
She took a breath.
"I have my real card," she said. "I'll write you in as my guest."
At nine, the atrium was full.
Two hundred people stood on the marble floor and leaned on the rails of five mezzanines, all in black.
A white photograph of Dale Schuler in his pink shirt stood on an easel, with flowers around it.
They had scrubbed the floor, but I could see where.
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