Boston from a failing manufacturing business.
That land had later become extraordinarily valuable.
It was one of the deals that transformed Whitmore Construction from a successful regional contractor into the company Adrian eventually inherited.
Adrian read further.
The article included a photograph.
His grandfather stood beside three men at a signing table.
Adrian zoomed in.
The caption identified them.
Edmund Whitmore.
Samuel Hargrove.
Richard Lenley.
Thomas Keane.
Adrian’s heart began pounding.
Thomas Keane.
He searched the name.
Within minutes, another piece appeared.
Thomas Keane had been the chief financial officer of the manufacturing company that sold the land.
He had died in 1991.
His obituary listed one daughter.
Evelyn.
Adrian sat back.
So Evelyn Keane was Thomas Keane’s daughter.
But what did that make her to Daniel?
He searched harder.
Marriage records.
Birth records.
Archived directories.
Fragments began fitting together.
Evelyn Keane had married in 1977.
Her husband’s surname was
