“He’s getting ready for something,” Evelyn said flatly.

“You need a family law attorney right away, and you need your financial papers organized before he walks back into that house.”

“I have my grandmother’s bank records in the hall closet,” I said.

“Get every file,” Evelyn said.

“Bank statements, tax returns, deposit receipts, and the original closing papers for the house.”

At ten o’clock that morning, I pulled into the Shell station parking lot on Route 4.

A white Channel 4 news van was parked near the air pump, its tall satellite dish raised against the gray autumn sky.