“Excellent. Then let us begin with the week following Mrs. Beckett’s divorce petition.” He placed a printed schedule before Gregory. “Mr. Abbott, is this your work calendar?”
“Yes.”
“You prepared it yourself?”
“I did.”
“And the meetings listed here?”
“I arranged all of them.”
Lawrence nodded. “Please read the names of the companies highlighted in yellow.”
Gregory adjusted his glasses. “Hartford Apparel. Ford Forwarding. Harlow Textile. Hudson Cotton. Sterling Manufacturing.”
“Were these companies chosen at random?”
Gregory swallowed. His gaze almost drifted to Adrian, but he met Sophie’s first and once again his resolve strengthened. For Cynthia, he told himself. “No.”
“What did they have in common?”
Gregory inhaled. “They all had ongoing or prospective business with Meadow Lane
