“I think the escrow officer is going to save me.”

He looked down the alley at the glass doors and then back at me.

“Say that in English.”

“Ask her where the buyer’s wire is coming from.

Ask her which bank.

Then ask what a title company has to file when the money moves out of an account with a signature card on it.”

His heels came down flat on the asphalt.

“You’re lying.”