He set his pen down on the green felt blotter.

“To prove your wire transfers came straight from your overseas Navy accounts into the Portsmouth county treasury, we have to send formal subpoenas to the state banking repository in Richmond.”

“Send them,” I said.

Daniel picked up a sharp yellow pencil and tapped the eraser twice against his desk pad.

“Subpoenas take time and money.

Subpoenaing six years of certified federal wire traces and expedited clearinghouse records will cost eighteen hundred dollars out of pocket.

The court clerk doesn’t allow payment plans for evidence requests.”