He glanced up through his wire-rimmed glasses and waved me in.

“Morning, Penelope,” Donald said, pushing his wire-rimmed glasses up his nose as he came around his desk.

“I’ve got the final paperwork all ready for you.”

“Thanks, Donald,” I said, sitting down in the armchair.

Donald picked up a cashier’s check that lay flat in the middle of his desk.

“The court-ordered seizure from the Westfall joint accounts cleared at nine this morning.

The entire forty-two thousand dollars is back under your sole control.”