Every one of them had lost property.
Every one of them had been told they should have “read more carefully.”
The fraud scheme was larger than anyone imagined.
Much larger.
Newspaper headlines followed.
Television interviews followed.
Criminal investigations followed.
Eventually charges followed.
Arthur watched most of it from a distance.
He never appeared in interviews.
Never gave statements.
Never accepted credit.
That wasn’t why he helped.
One afternoon, six months later, Lena knocked on the door of Arthur’s office.
He looked up from his desk.
“Come in.”
