It was filled with several hundred mourners, many of whom were attorneys paying their last respects before picking off Sullivan & Christenson’s clients. Somber greetings and heartfelt condolences couldn’t hide their burgeoning appetites. Mason saw his aunt Claire signing the guest book when he walked into the church. She was tall and big boned. She considered her size an advantage. There was nothing diminutive about her, in either appearance or demeanor. He caught her eye when she turned around and she nodded in reply, waiting for him to make his way through the line and add his name to the book. “Thanks for coming,” he told her. “I didn’t know the man, but he was your partner, so I decided to show the family flag.” An older woman employed by the firm as a secretary interrupted their conversation and embraced Mason. “He’s gone to a better place, to paradise,” she said. “I never knew a paradise that didn’t have a snake in it,” Claire said after the woman peeled herself away.
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