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range with a separate exhaust system. Ezra Carol had a small office there, which was accessible through a locked door off the flight office. There were sound-proofed one-way glass panels behind the firing end of three shooting stations. Each station had a motorized retractable target board.
    The Partnership maintained a membership in a public firearms training facility near Ithaca for use by the staff of armed escorts and guards. The shooting range in the hangar, however, was exclusively for use by the Partners.
    The unique design of the USAP headquarters allowed the Partners to arrive and depart in either an overt or covert manner.  The interior layout allowed the Partners to meet with each other and with the employees normally, yet allowed them to meet discretely between themselves, apart from the employees, whenever necessary.  In addition to the Partners, only a few key employees were aware of the atypically-designed access features.
    CFO Max Hargrove’s office was situated on one side of, and adjacent to, the 2nd level briefing room.  Most days he entered the building through the front entrance, paused at Heather Copeland’s cubicle to check for memos and messages, then took the stairs to the upper-level walkway in front of his office doorway.  He usually left his office door open, closing it for confidential business.  Most of the other Partners did the same. It was standard procedure not to approach a closed door without prior notice.
    Although the working environment was unusual, Max had gradually become accustomed to it as he worked through the first year. He kept busy with his familiarization of the general operations procedures of the company and the list of Partners including their specialties.  He had spent considerable time with the accounting system and records, the payroll procedures, the assets accounts and during the year he had overseen the processing of all required financial paperwork.  These were the areas under his control as the Chief Financial Officer.  He had reviewed the maintenance and income/expense records with the company maintenance manager, along with the locations of the various properties in the substantial real estate portfolio. He had visited some locations and viewed the rest via GPS imagery.  He had reviewed the investment holdings with the stock brokerage manager in New York City.
    A small staff under his direct supervision consisted of a temporary employee accounting clerk and the computer technician /programmer. They were stationed in cubicles on the main office floor.  All Partners shared a temporary secretarial pool under the direction of Heather Copeland.
    Max had had a busy and gratifying first year in this new business.  He liked the refreshing experience, and time had passed very quickly for him and Maggie.
    On this Monday morning in September, having flown the Cessna Skylane back from East Wayford the previous evening, Max entered the headquarters in Lakeside as he did customarily through the main office entrance.  He was relaxed after spending Saturday night and Sunday with Maggie, lolling around the apartment, watching some late season golf on TV. He also got some feedback from her on the non-confidential financial details in a recommendation which he was about to present to the USAP Partners.
    “Good morning Max,” greeted Heather as he stopped at her desk for messages. “You’re looking well rested, did you have a good weekend?” she asked.
    “Yes I did, Heather, thanks for asking. And might I say you look pert and pretty yourself this morning, as usual,” Max replied with an animated, salesman-type smile. “Is the gang all here?” he asked regarding the scheduled Partnership meeting.
    “Oh, you’re a real smoothie, you must want something,” she snapped back playfully while looking pleased about his compliment.  “Some are here, some aren’t,” she said with a shrug and a smile.  Max gave her a knowing nod at her reference to the usual
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