Alexander Sinclair Came Back to Fairview Hospital to Defend His Injured Wife Against Her Family’s Demands

It was never a fall.”

I unfolded Caroline’s last page flat on the blanket beside Rosalie’s hand, then took the check out of my pocket and laid it next to the paper.

The account number printed under the Whitmore Construction name appeared on Caroline’s page in the same neat row, third from the left.

At eight twenty the next morning I laid the ledger copy on Hale’s desk, and he set a padded envelope beside it.

“Barlow Security,” he said.