The Hidden Treasures of a Bankrupt Firm

The day the company went through liquidation, my partner, Grant Miller, patted my shoulder with a smirk that didn't reach his eyes.

"Willow, whatever is left of the company assets is all yours now," he said.

I looked at the two lines on the document: Silas from Security and Maeve from Housekeeping.

Silas was a half-deaf old man with blurry vision, just three months away from retirement.

Maeve was a cleaning lady whose voice was loud enough to blow the roof off, always nagging about neighborh