A local couple had donated twenty thousand dollars after Wendell told them a wounded former service member needed a wheelchair ramp before winter.

Miriam contacted an attorney representing that couple.

The promised repair had never been completed.

The recipient hadn’t even heard of Homefront Restoration.

“You have to understand,” Ruth said during one meeting, “I saw photographs of veterans on the gala screens.

There were families who hugged Wendell and thanked him.”

Leonard nodded.

“Those events may have included legitimate aid.