Chapter 52: Anastasia

The head table sits on a raised platform offering a clear view of all three hundred guests. Harrison stands near the short carpeted steps leading up to the platform, his fingers tapping against the edge of his seating chart. When he sees Emmet and me approaching from the terrace, he steps forward, shifting his weight to block two passing city councilmen from overhearing.

"Arthur changed the placards three minutes before the doors opened," Harrison says, keeping his voice drop-down low. He turns the binder toward me, pointing his pen at the primary grid. "He moved the Chief of the Port Authority and his wife down to table...