“Can we use this to prove he doesn’t need the trust money?” I asked.

“Not yet,” Carl said.

“We have the registry, but we don’t have the actual bank statements proving the trust money pays the marina fees.”

“Thank you, Carl,” I said.

I left the law office and drove straight back to Oak Creek to pick up Eleanor.

She was waiting on our front porch with a heavy blue canvas tote bag over her shoulder.

Listen here, I told myself later: I should have stopped the car and told my wife everything right then.