PART 26

People sometimes ask exactly what Mark’s lawyer said to him on the day his smile vanished.

Sarah told me much later that she’d heard a version of it from Ms.

Hargrove when they finalized the transfer paperwork.

She had leaned toward Mark and said, “You asked for the assets.

Please look at the obligations.

Their net value is not what you think, and the agreement makes you responsible for the debts listed here.

We need to talk before you proceed.”