Chapter 234

There were moans and groans outside, as the people watched servers clean and polish everything in sight, while they awaited the arrival of Celeste and her group. The public parted, as limousine after limousine unloaded their passengers and the attorneys filed into the deli after her. The onlookers could not believe there were only 42 people in the restaurant, when the doors were closed and locked.

Suddenly, one more limousine arrived. One very polished man glided out of this limousine and walked towards the doors. He waited for someone to let him in. He was late, by five minutes, and Celeste let him stand outside, for five minutes, until allowing him in. Jim Hearst wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground, as he saw Thomas Shackleford standing by the door, turning different shades of red, as each moment passed. The most amazing thing to him was: He Stood There.

When Celeste finally allowed him into the room, she said to him, "The next time I tell you 40 minutes, yo