Chapter 2: The Name Behind Sterling
For several seconds, nobody moved.
The only sound was the ticking grandfather clock in the hallway.
Denise looked at Richard as if he had suddenly started speaking another language.
"What does father standing outside the original Sterling Hotel forty years earlier.
Richard swallowed.
"Good Lord.""
Denise looked between us.
"Richard, what is going on?""
He didn't answer.
He was still staring at the photograph.
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And then he said something that made every person at the table put down their glass.
"Denise, I don't think you understand whose house you're in.""