There was no court docket number, no magistrate’s signature, and no official seal from the Lancaster County sheriff anywhere on the sheet.

Nathaniel held the private company seal up to his headlight in the freezing dark.

At nine o’clock on Thursday morning, Nathaniel walked into the second-floor office of Vance Sub-Contracting on Commercial Drive.

Arthur Vance sat behind a wide mahogany desk, slitting open white bank envelopes with a brass letter opener.

The room smelled of cigar smoke and radiator heat.

Nathaniel set the altered Project Four payroll sheet on the polished desk, right beside the blue eviction notice.

“You used your private company seal on this eviction slip,” Nathaniel said.