Chapter 38
Aldo’s news was not heartening. Working through Esther, he’d set up a Zoom call. Harry followed the link on his laptop, which he had hooked to the widescreen TV in the living room.
Esther had invited David Odiengo, who joined them in front of the screen. She’d given him tea. Just before the meeting, the lawyer pulled a courier envelope from the breast pocket of his suit. He presented it with some delicacy to Harry.
Harry opened it and scanned the letter. It was from Singh’s law firm. Aside from some formality, throat-clearing, and legal gas-passing, the cogent sentence read:
We regret to inform you that we no longer represent the interests of Messrs. Gardner and Barbieri, and we hereby resign your account forthwith.
No mention of Skebelsky. As if their patron and the instig
