A former scheduler produced emails in which Walter discouraged second opinions that included an environmental assessment.

None of those people had known everything.

Each had held one small, incomplete piece.

I thought about the way the grand mansion had been organized: one man to handle security, another for money, another for medicine, someone else for housekeeping.

Kenneth had believed delegation meant control.

In reality, the compartments had protected people from seeing what the others were doing.

That Friday, Kenneth called a staff meeting over video.