James
“What was your father like?” I ask.
Richard blows out his cheeks then stares out of the window. “He was a hard-headed businessman.”
“The sort who might drive a man to bankruptcy if it suited his purpose?”
Would he have done that?
“I don’t think so. But if a man got there under his own steam, my father wouldn’t have hesitated to take advantage of any fallout.”
“Such as buying up shares and assets at a knockdown price?”
“Something like that, yes.”
Michael looks up from his reading. “We already know it was a casino company that was the leading creditor so, whatever happened, it wasn’t your father that was responsible for Albert’s downfall.”
Richard still looks pensive. “I still think I'd like to know more about the whole sorry mess before I tell Elizabeth too much about it.”
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