HE GAVE HIS MISTRESS MY PADDLE. HE FORGOT THE AUCTION HOUSE BELONGED TO ME

in Boston.

Julian found the property.

I found the money.

He believed my contribution was a personal loan of three million dollars.

The truth was more complicated.

The Aurelius Heritage Trust had purchased the hotel’s debt, funded its renovation and licensed the Mercer name to Julian through a series of entities he never bothered to examine.

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