“Then Brooke has put herself in a tough position.”

“She knows that.”

Arthur took out the spare key to the Oak Street safe deposit box and set it next to the ledger.

“This key opened the box.

The trust statements inside match these numbers down to the penny.”

He tapped the yellow legal pad with his silver Parker pen.

“Patricia relied on an expired power of attorney.”

“That’s what the wire record shows.” He wrote a line and underlined it.