I am asking you to stop making that love a reason I can’t tell you what happened to me.”

She lowered her head.

For several minutes, the only sound was the small electric hum of the calculator.

PART 6 — My Name in Someone Else’s Hand

The photograph made Brenda reconsider Greg.

The bank file made me reconsider how long he had been doing this.

I went to the county savings bank the following morning with my identification, my property papers, and the police report number.

Greg’s questions about the deed had stayed with me.