David lost temporary custody of his own sons, and was restricted to a few supervised hours a week.

He walked out of that courthouse having gone, in a single morning, from a father to a supervised visitor in his children’s lives, on the strength of evidence no one had yet examined.

Chapter 7 — The Drained Company

“And the company?” I asked.

“What happened to the company?”

David’s face, which had been pale, went white.