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April 16, 2019
Des Moines, Iowa
Ramsey found Grossinger in one of the two remaining chairs in Adam’s old condo. Everything else was gone.
Without getting up, Grossinger said, “I’m glad you could make it.”
“What happened here?”
“Adam told me to get rid of everything.”
“When? You talked to him?
“Not lately. ‘Get rid of it all when I’m dead,’ he said.”
“Is he dead?” Ramsey asked, settling into the other chair. He kept his focus on the real estate developer, once more using the same techniques he had honed for many years to elicit answers from interviewees.
“That’s what I’ve been thinking. How about you?”
Ramsey shrugged, the gesture inviting Grossinger to elaborate.
Instead, Grossinger handed Ramsey a packet of Adam’s writings. “These contain his lifelong interest and research
