“When Sadie fished the blue wire sheet out of the wastebasket, Trevor grabbed her by the arm and hauled her down the hall to the back door.”

“And Colleen watched him do it,” I said.

“Colleen told him to throw the deadbolt so the girl would learn to stay out of household business,” Walter said.

Douglas cleared his throat and straightened a pile of white legal pads on his desk.

“We’ve got enough for an emergency injunction,” Douglas said.

“The Franklin County Domestic Relations Court starts taking emergency filings at eight thirty tomorrow morning.”

“Could he sell the house before then?” I asked.