Episode 22: Shirley Temple is Missing

In which a ransom note is delivered

CHAPTER 55

Wainwright had been working the phone from Mrs. Temple’s room since his return from meeting Pete McDonough. He was grateful that the White House women and even the nosy reporter were there to occupy Mrs. Temple’s mind and provide some emotional underpinning.

He’d sent Zanuck and Griffith downstairs to the bar. He wanted them out of the way unle…