To overturn it, we have to prove she committed fraud or made a gross mistake.”

I looked down at the page.

“Can we subpoena her desk log?”

“We can ask for it,” Evelyn said, “if we pay the filing deposit today.”

She took a short legal retainer agreement out of her side drawer and pushed it across the blotter.

I opened my purse, took out my checkbook, and wrote a check for twelve hundred dollars.

Evelyn put the check in her folder and shut it.