Then he remembered June sitting with her hands around a teacup.

“I voted to postpone a repair because I liked the new gates,” he said.

“That fact belongs in the record.

Whether it caused the collapse is for experts to evaluate.”

“I understand.”

Vincent asked Elena to schedule a full review of the company’s remaining older properties, with authority for independent engineers to close unsafe facilities immediately.

The cost would be substantial.

He insisted the inspectors report to the board committee, not to Warren’s former deputies.