It proves the down payment was non-marital separate property.”

“Mark told his friends he paid the whole deposit himself,” I said.

“He can tell them whatever he likes,” Rachel said, pulling a heavy manila envelope from her desk drawer.

“Courts don’t divide property based on dinner table chatter.”

She slid the bank statements, the escrow receipts, and the blue vinyl binder into the manila envelope and pressed the metal clasp down flat.

“Take this straight back to the bank vault,” Rachel said.