The Fixer
“Gleaming stainless steel shelving units held blue plastic storage bins and immaculate rows of white cardboard banker’s boxes, everything neatly labeled in black Magic Marker, in architect’s lettering. There was a faint bleach smell.
“You saved all the office files?” Rick asked.
“Just the financial records. In case he got audited. The client files I shredded.”
“Shredded?”
“I asked you guys, don’t you remember? You and your sister? You said you didn’t want them.”
“So how would... I find out who he met with on a particular day . . . ?”
“The red book, I’d say. It’s like a client diary.” She pointed to a cardboard box, and he took it off the shelf—unexpectedly heavy—and set it on the high-gloss-painted cement floor. She bent over carefully, one hand splayed on her lower back, and lifted the box’s lid.
Inside were thick red hardcover books, each the size of the Manhattan phone book.MoreLess
“You saved all the office files?” Rick asked.
“Just the financial records. In case he got audited. The client files I shredded.”
“Shredded?”
“I asked you guys, don’t you remember? You and your sister? You said you didn’t want them.”
“So how would... I find out who he met with on a particular day . . . ?”
“The red book, I’d say. It’s like a client diary.” She pointed to a cardboard box, and he took it off the shelf—unexpectedly heavy—and set it on the high-gloss-painted cement floor. She bent over carefully, one hand splayed on her lower back, and lifted the box’s lid.
Inside were thick red hardcover books, each the size of the Manhattan phone book.MoreLess
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