CHAPTER 42Before the meeting in the main conference room of Smith, Stevens, Keller, and Goldberg had begun, Cuddy helped himself to the Danishes, bagels, fresh fruit, and coffee laid out on the long credenza in the rear of the room. A paralegal had been tasked to collect press clippings about the legal troubles of Cuddy Mullins and the Foundation for New Visions in Giving. When Cuddy saw how thick the folder was, his mood sank. He glanced down at his plate and put down his fork. He was no longer hungry. He and CeCe sat together with all the members of their legal team to strategize what came next. As concisely as possible, Jillian had dissected the indictment for them. Cuddy was concerned to learn that there had been an addendum to the original indictment and his accountant and friend Nic

