The Lady in the Watch

Dennis Fleetwood appeared in court effectively and frequently. Time and time again the lawyer for the other side was John Eldridge. During a meeting in John’s office Dennis noticed a picture of a woman he thought he recognized. It was John’s mother, a mother whom John never knew. She, strangely, had placed him in a boarding school in Great Britain. Later Dennis discovered that the woman’s picture was in an antique watch that had been hidden in his briefcase during his flight from Harvard to...