“He thinks he’s cut your working assets out from under you.”

“I have my Navy pension deposit coming at the end of the month,” I said.

“We need to file our formal legal response by four o’clock tomorrow afternoon,” Daniel said.

“The court filing fee and service charge come to three hundred fifteen dollars.

Can you write a check from your local account?”

“I’ll go down to the bank on High Street right now,” I said.

Daniel capped his pen and glanced at the cold stone fireplace in the corner.