Chapter 29: The Man Who Isn't There

Whit Alvarez had been the face of Ashford Meridian for five years, and in that time he had gotten good — genuinely, professionally good — at being someone other people believed was the most powerful man in the room. He'd learned the walk, the handshake that lasted exactly one second too long to seem eager, the trick of repeating a name back to a stranger so they felt remembered. He was good at it...