forward.
“You’ve worked with businesses like his?”
“Twelve current clients, actually.”
Then they started talking.
Cash flow.
Filing requirements.
Regulatory timing.
Small-business accounting.
Robert asked questions.
Mom answered them.
Finally, he said,
“Would you have time for coffee sometime? Some of my clients could probably benefit from your perspective.”
“I’d enjoy that,” Mom replied.
I looked at Catherine.
She was watching.
And I saw it happen.
Recalculation.
The woman she had categorized as unsophisticated because of an old dress was now discussing complicated financial issues with her husband—and her husband
