I got the second box and fitted it snugly against the first.

“I’m keeping my spare car keys and my client deposit receipts in here too,” I said.

Carl set the tool tray back in place, lowered the chest lid with a solid metallic clang, and snapped the brass padlock shut.

He pointed his thumb at a spare brass key hanging from a cup hook behind the shop calendar on the wall.

“That key stays right there on the wall,” Carl said.