At locker 114, the key caught for a second, then turned.

Inside was a blue folder, thinner than my accordion file, with a rubber band wrapped around it.

I pulled the folder out and lifted the flap.

Three pages of bank ledger, stamped across the top with the branch seal.

One line near the bottom read 486,000.00, and next to it, in narrow handwriting, Northgate Holdings.

Brooke leaned in closer.

“That’s my mother’s handwriting.