Saturday morning brought a fragile winter sun that failed to warm the icy winds whipping through the streets of Brooklyn Heights. Ava stood outside the stately four-story brownstone on Pierrepont Street that had belonged to the Montgomery family for three generations. The windows were dark, the wrought-iron gates chained with the padlock of the bankruptcy receiver. But using the master maintenance passkey she had obtained through Cross Global's receivership authority,…
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