“He’s much too careful.”

“Then you refuse to sign,” Vance said.

“And you write down exactly what he does when you say no.”

I looked at the date printed in the top corner of the report.

The twelfth was only three days off.

“On Thursday he brought home a thick manila envelope,” I said.

“He keeps it locked in the metal filing cabinet in the garage.

It must be the forged deed.”