Fifteen Years After My Father Changed the Locks, He Seated Me at Table Twenty-Two

“Yes, General.

Mr.

Gerald Ulette finalized the main hall booking three weeks ago.

Two hundred and fifty guests booked for the ballroom dinner.”

“Did Mr.

Ulette pay the venue deposit himself?” I asked.

“He paid forty thousand dollars by check three weeks ago,” Howard said.

“He made sure his name was listed as sole sponsor on every receipt.”