Chapter 6The Wednesday morning before the Gala, the local news section of the Sentinel had an article which noted that prominent local attorney Burke Davis had taken on two partners, Chave MacPherson and William Stanley. The new firm was thus to be called Davis, MacPherson, and Stanley.
I called Burke that evening to congratulate him. He told me he was thinking about moving out of the house he’d shared with his wife for many years..
“More troubles with Marcy?” I asked.
“Oh, yeah.”
“Want to tell me about it?”
“Jonny, you won’t believe this. Or maybe you will. When I told her at dinner a day or two ago about the new partnership, she pitched a fit. She said I’d no doubt let Chave and Bill sleep with me so that I’d make them partners!”
“Sheesh.”
“Exactly. Those guys are as straight as t
