RIVAL FOUNDATIONS
"I assumed the same thing, for a long time."
"Your father would have wanted to meet him," Deborah said, her voice softening in the particular way it did when Solomon came up in conversation, grief still present after three years but worn smoother now, less sharp edged than it had once been. "He always believed people could surprise you, if you gave them the chance. I think that's part of why the riverfront deal broke something in him so completely, actually. He extended that same generous belief to Richard Cross, and Richard proved him catastrophically wrong."