“Don’t tell a single soul until a lawyer puts that paper in a safe deposit box,” Evelyn said.

She leaned closer across the corner of the table.

“Mark skipped your aunt’s Sunday dinner last weekend without giving a real reason,” she said.

“Now he’s lying about Chicago while taking cash out of your joint bank account.

If he finds out about this ticket before you have legal protection, his attorney will claim half of every cent.”

“I checked our savings balance at First National yesterday,” I said.

“Twelve thousand dollars disappeared over the last six months.”