She lost her husband. Whatever questions remain belong to us, not to her.”
“She already knows the questions.”
“What makes you think that?”
“She told me Daniel stopped the Rivergate work because of faulty calculations.”
Graham closed his eyes briefly.
“Of course he told her.”
“There’s more.”
Graham opened his eyes.
“Arthur brought her an old blue envelope tonight.”
For several seconds, Graham did not move.
Then he gripped the back of the chair in front of him.
“Blue?”
“Yes.”
“Are you certain?”
“I saw it through the window.”
His father looked suddenly older.
Adrian stepped closer.
“You recognize it.”
Graham did not answer.
“It belonged to Grandfather, didn’t it?”
Still nothing.
“Dad.”
Finally, Graham spoke.
“I thought Arthur destroyed it.”
Adrian stared at him.
“What was inside?”
Graham looked toward the door as though expecting someone else to enter.
Then he sat.
“The last letter your grandfather wrote before
