For the first time in a long time, I’d been evaluated on an answer I gave, rather than the man who stood beside me.

PART 14

Three days later, Marilyn arrived at Elaine’s office with an attorney of her own.

I wasn’t present for her first interview.

Elaine only told me that she had agreed to cooperate with the board’s review and that parts of her account would need verification.

I learned more when Marilyn’s counsel authorized a limited statement to the committee.

Marilyn maintained that Dennis had asked her to establish a consulting company as a temporary channel for certain supplier referrals.

Gary, she said, had prepared most of the invoices.