PART 19

The first time Dennis asked what was in my suitcase, I was sitting in Elaine’s office signing a routine discovery acknowledgment.

The question arrived in a letter from his attorney.

Dennis wanted to know whether I had removed household valuables when I left.

He listed jewelry, watches, a small painting, and my grandmother’s crystal bowl, which he knew perfectly well he had broken.

Elaine read the letter aloud and raised an eyebrow.