“Then discuss what actually happened.”

He set his fork down.

I took the brown envelope from my handbag.

Inside were copies, not originals: the picture from the alley, the photograph of him and Daniel, the relevant financial pages Martha had obtained, and the disputed application with my imitation signature.

I placed them on the clear end of the table.

Greg looked first at the picture beneath the green awning.

“We met through business,” he said.