“Nineteen ninety-five civil petition.

Case number four-eight-two.”

“What does the ledger say?” I asked, taking my notebook out of my purse.

“Eleanor filed false desertion papers while Marcus Thorne was finishing his residency in Chicago,” Miller said.

“She swore under oath that he’d abandoned the marital home and left no forwarding address.”

“Did Dr.

Thorne ever contest the petition?”

“He never knew the case existed,” Miller said, adjusting the strap of his shoulder holster under his tweed jacket.