“And other things.”
“What other things?”
She looked toward the judge.
“You’ll hear.”
Victor did not look at me when we sat.
Judge Monroe entered.
Everyone rose.
The first fifteen minutes concerned financial tracing.
Then Grace stood.
“One final issue, Your Honor.”
Victor laughed bitterly.
“Of course.”
Judge Monroe looked at him.
He stopped.
Grace held up one sheet of paper.
Unlike the dramatic documents earlier, this one looked ordinary.
Old.
Yellowed slightly along the edges.
“What is that?” Victor asked Gerald.
Gerald shook his head.
Grace said, “Mrs. Hale testified that she invested approximately $120,000 of inherited funds into the original restaurant.”
Judge Monroe nodded.
“Yes.”
“What has not yet been discussed is why the original operating agreement gave Mrs. Hale fifty-two percent ownership.”
I looked at Grace.
I had wondered that myself.
Victor had always described the split as something temporary our first accountant suggested.
Grace turned to me.
