“Fifty-one percent of the company stock belongs to Thomas Adams’s lawful widow, Sarah Adams,” Brenda said, pointing directly down at my chair.
“And the remaining forty-nine percent of the company stock is owned by me,” Brenda stated firmly into the microphone.
An absolute, heavy silence fell over the crowded room as hundreds of guests turned around to look at me in utter amazement.
In the second row, an elderly gentleman wearing a dark gray suit and a bow tie stood up holding a thick leather legal binder.
“My name is Alan Cooper, and I have served as the private estate attorney for Thomas Adams for more than twenty years,” the lawyer announced.
“He esperado precisamente cuatrocientos cincuenta días para confirmar esos hechos legales antes de una reunión pública”, dijo el Sr. Alan añadió con calma.
Beside him, an older woman wearing thick reading glasses and a knitted sweater stood up holding a large cardboard box full of paper ledgers.
