It is why the people closest to us are the ones positioned to do this, and why it so rarely comes to light, because the same intimacy that makes it possible makes it unthinkable, and the unthinkable is a very effective place to hide a thing.

Chapter 6 — You Signed That Three Months Ago

Jonathan came back at eleven smelling of salt spray and the wet cedar of the docks, and sat in the breakfast nook pouring black coffee from the silver pot, complaining about the harbor master and the east bulkhead.

I said, keeping my voice level and dry, that I had seen the bank document on his desk.

His spoon paused over the sugar bowl for a fraction of a second.